CVE-2010-2542

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-787

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=git/git.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3c9d0414ed2db0167e6c828b547be8fc9f88fccc
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00004.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43457Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/RelNotes-1.7.2.1.txtBroken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/22/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/22/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41891Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0464Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=618108Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=git/git.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3c9d0414ed2db0167e6c828b547be8fc9f88fccc
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00004.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43457Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/RelNotes-1.7.2.1.txtBroken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/22/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/22/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41891Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0464Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=618108Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Aug 11, 2010
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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