CVE-2010-2542

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-2542
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-08-11 18:47:50 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionStack-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-787 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Git-scm Git All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Git 'gitdir' Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Bug 618108 – CVE-2010-2542 Git: Arbitrary code execution via specially-crafted .git file af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
oss-security - CVE request: git af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
git.git - The core git plumbing af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
SUSE update for git - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2011:004 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
404: File not found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org Broken Link
oss-security - Re: CVE request: git af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
git.git - The core git plumbing MITRE git.kernel.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 900135 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for git 2.23.3
  • 902976 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for git (2705)
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