Candidate: CVE-2010-2542
PublicDate: 2010-08-11 18:47:00 UTC
References: 
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2542
Description:
 Stack-based buffer overflow in the is_git_directory function in setup.c in
 Git before 1.7.2.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a long gitdir:
 field in a .git file in a working copy.
Ubuntu-Description: 
Notes: 
 kees> git from hardy and earlier is not what was "git-core".
 kees> This is a non-issue due to stack-protector.
Bugs: 
Priority: medium
Discovered-by:
Assigned-to: 
CVSS: 

Patches_git-core:
upstream_git-core: not-affected
dapper_git-core: not-affected
hardy_git-core: not-affected
jaunty_git-core: ignored (DoS only)
karmic_git-core: ignored (DoS only)
lucid_git-core: ignored (DoS only)
devel_git-core: DNE

Tags_git: stack-protector
Patches_git:
upstream_git: released (1.7.2)
dapper_git: not-affected (not the same software)
hardy_git: not-affected (not the same software)
jaunty_git: DNE
karmic_git: DNE
lucid_git: DNE
devel_git: ignored (DoS only)