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buffer overflow: Remote Code Execution in git

Bug #1557971 reported by Hadmut Danisch on 2016-03-16

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1557787: client/server RCEs in path_name(). Edit Remove

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Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	git (Ubuntu)	Triaged	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Please see

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/645

and patch or upgrade to 2.7.1 as soon as possible.

regards

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: git 1:2.5.0-1ubuntu0.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-34.39-generic 4.2.8-ckt4
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-34-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Wed Mar 16 10:24:18 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-09-03 (194 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha amd64 (20150825)
SourcePackage: git
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Hadmut Danisch (hadmut) wrote on 2016-03-16:

Dependencies.txt Edit (5.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (25.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (127 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Steve Beattie (sbeattie) on 2016-03-16

Changed in git (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Triaged
information type:	Private Security → Public Security

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