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TITLE:
GIT "gitweb" Privilege Escalation Security Issue

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33270

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CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
GIT 1.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/7172/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in GIT, which can be exploited by
malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

The security issue is caused due to the "gitweb" implementation
improperly verifying repository configuration variables. This can be
exploited to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the
"gitweb" user via a specially crafted "diff.external" configuration
variable.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.5.4.7, 1.5.5.6, 1.5.6.6, or 1.6.0.6.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/103

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