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Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 15:09:30 -0400
From: Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: CVE-2014-0475: glibc directory traversal in LC_*
locale handling
On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 08:52:24PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
> Stephane Chazelas discovered that directory traversal issue in locale
> handling in glibc. glibc accepts relative paths with ".." components
> in the LC_* and LANG variables. Together with typical OpenSSH
> configurations (with suitable AcceptEnv settings in sshd_config), this
> could conceivably be used to bypass ForceCommand restrictions (or
> restricted shells), assuming the attacker has sufficient level of
> access to a file system location on the host to create crafted locale
> definitions there.
Am I correct in assuming this affects most typical git setups (e.g.
gitolite) using ssh authorized_keys files with forced commands, where
the malicious file could simply be created as part of the git
repository? Or are these usually setup to filter the environment?
Rich
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