# CVE-2014-9390: 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

- Also known as: PYSEC-2020-217, GHSA-6VVC-C2M3-CJF3
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module
- Fixed in: 3.2.3, 3.5.3
- Published: 2020-02-12 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- mercurial (PyPI): fixed in 3.2.3
- org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit (Maven): fixed in 3.5.3

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, mercurial, org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit, upgrade to a fixed version (3.2.3, 3.5.3) per the references below.
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## References

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8769667
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1853266
- http://git-blame.blogspot.com/2014/12/git-1856-195-205-214-and-221-and.html
- http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/WhatsNew
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT204147
- https://github.com/blog/1938-git-client-vulnerability-announced
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1031404
- https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/928429c5c96a701bcbcafacb2421a82602b36915
- https://libgit2.org/security/
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/git_client_command_exec.rb

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