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git: arbitrary code execution

Package(s):git CVE #(s):CVE-2010-2542
Created:August 9, 2010 Updated:February 22, 2011
Description: From the Pardus advisory:

An exploitable buffer overrun was fixed in git. In particular, if an attacker were to create a crafted working copy where the user runs any git command, the attacker could force execution of arbitrary code.

Alerts:
SUSE SUSE-SR:2011:004 2011-02-22
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2011:0115-1 2011-02-16
MeeGo MeeGo-SA-10:26 2010-09-03
Debian DSA-2114-1 2010-09-26
Fedora FEDORA-2010-15534 2010-09-30
Mandriva MDVSA-2010:194 2010-10-03
Pardus 2010-103 2010-08-09
Fedora FEDORA-2010-15501 2010-09-30

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