Security
Security
A vulnerability has been discovered in QGit allowing local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code with another user's rights.
| Package | dev-util/qgit on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 1.5.7 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 1.5.7 |
QGit is a graphical interface to git repositories that allows you to browse revisions history, view patch content and changed files.
Raphael Marichez discovered that the DataLoader::doStart() method creates temporary files in an insecure manner and executes them.
A local attacker could perform a symlink attack, possibly overwriting files or executing arbitrary code with the rights of the user running QGit.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All QGit users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-util/qgit-1.5.7"
Release date
October 07, 2007
Latest revision
October 07, 2007: 01
Severity
normal
Exploitable
local
Bugzilla entries