CVE-2014-9390

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2014-12-18
CWE:
CWE-20->CWE-172->CWE-552->CWE-829
Bugzilla:
1175960: CVE-2014-9390 git: arbitrary command execution vulnerability on case-insensitive file systems

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

** RESERVED ** This candidate has been reserved by an organization or individual that will use it when announcing a new security problem. When the candidate has been publicized, the details for this candidate will be provided.

Find out more about CVE-2014-9390 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This flaw is only exploitable when the local git repository is stored on a case-insensitive filesystem. By default, Red Hat Enterprise Linux uses case-sensitive filesystems (such as ext2/3/4, XFS, etc.) and as such is not vulnerable to this flaw.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 git Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 git Not affected

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