ubuntu-cve-2014-9390
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2014-12-19 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9390",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:44Z",
  "published": "2014-12-19T00:00:00Z",
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9390"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://git-blame.blogspot.com.es/2014/12/git-1856-195-205-214-and-221-and.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/WhatsNew#Mercurial_3.2.3_.282014-12-18.29"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1853266"
    },
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    },
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2470-1"
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      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9390"
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2014-9390"
  ]
}



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