CVE-2014-9390

Critical

Description

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductMercurial
PublishedFeb 12, 2020
First seenFeb 12, 2020

How to fix

Update
  • mercurial mercurial3.2.3 or later
  • git-scm git1.8.5.6, 1.9.5, 2.0.5, 2.1.4, 2.2.1 or later
  • eclipse egit08-12-2014 or later
  • eclipse jgit3.4.2, 3.5.3 or later
  • libgit2 libgit20.21.3 or later
  • org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit3.5.3 or later
  • mercurial3.2.3 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mercurial mercurialv < 3.2.33.2.3
git-scm gitv < 1.8.5.6, 1.9.0 ≤ v < 1.9.5, 2.0.0 ≤ v < 2.0.5, 2.1.0 ≤ v < 2.1.4, 2.2.0 ≤ v < 2.2.11.8.5.6, 1.9.5, 2.0.5, 2.1.4, 2.2.1
apple xcodev ≤ 6.1.1, 6.2—
eclipse egitv < 08-12-201408-12-2014
eclipse jgitv < 3.4.2, 3.5.0 ≤ v < 3.5.33.4.2, 3.5.3
libgit2 libgit2v < 0.21.30.21.3
org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgitMavenv < 3.5.33.5.3
mercurialPyPIv < 3.2.33.2.3

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CVE-2014-9390 · Mercurial · Dark Radar