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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201401-06">
+ <title>Git: Privilege escalation</title>
+ <synopsis>A stack-based buffer overflow in Git might allow a local attacker
+ to gain escalated privileges.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">git </product>
+ <announced>January 10, 2014</announced>
+ <revised>January 10, 2014: 1</revised>
+ <bug>335891</bug>
+ <access>local</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="dev-vcs/git" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.7.2.2</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.7.2.2</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>Git is a free and open source distributed version control system
+ designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with
+ speed and efficiency.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>Git contains a stack-based buffer overflow in the is_git_directory
+ function in setup.c.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="high">
+ <p>A local attacker could gain escalated privileges via a specially crafted
+ git repository.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All Git users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-vcs/git-1.7.2.2"
+ </code>
+
+ <p>NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are
+ available since September 11, 2010. It is likely that your system is
+ already no longer affected by this issue.
+ </p>
+
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2542">CVE-2010-2542</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:37:23 +0000">
+ underling
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 10 Jan 2014 13:31:29 +0000">Zlogene</metadata>
+</glsa>