CVE-2014-9390

Description

Git before 1.8.5.6, 1.9.x before 1.9.5, 2.0.x before 2.0.5, 2.1.x before 2.1.4, and 2.2.x before 2.2.1 on Windows and OS X; Mercurial before 3.2.3 on Windows and OS X; Apple Xcode before 6.2 beta 3; mine all versions before 08-12-2014; libgit2 all versions up to 0.21.2; Egit all versions before 08-12-2014; and JGit all versions before 08-12-2014 allow remote Git servers to execute arbitrary commands via a tree containing a crafted .git/config file with (1) an ignorable Unicode codepoint, (2) a git~1/config representation, or (3) mixed case that is improperly handled on a case-insensitive filesystem.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 55.74% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory github.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8769667 patch third party advisory issue tracking
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1853266 broken link
http://git-blame.blogspot.com/2014/12/git-1856-195-205-214-and-221-and.html third party advisory
http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/WhatsNew third party advisory release notes
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204147 vendor advisory
https://github.com/blog/1938-git-client-vulnerability-announced vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1031404 third party advisory vdb entry
https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/928429c5c96a701bcbcafacb2421a82602b36915 third party advisory
https://libgit2.org/security/ product

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-9390?
CVE-2014-9390 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-9390?
To fix CVE-2014-9390, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-9390 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-9390 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~56% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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