CVE-2010-2542 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2542): 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.
Can 1.7.2.2 go stable?
+1 on stable.
Arches, please test and mark stable: =dev-vcs/git-1.7.2.2 Target keywords : "alpha amd64 arm hppa ia64 ppc ppc64 s390 sh sparc x86"
x86 stable
amd64 done
ppc64 done
Stable for PPC.
Please remove the blocker if this isn't relevant enough to stop stabilisation.
Stable on alpha.
Stable for HPPA.
arm/ia64/s390/sh/sparc stable
GLSA request filed.
Removing the HPPA blocker bug as it's general to HPPA, and has not blocked stablization.
This issue was resolved and addressed in GLSA 201401-06 at http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201401-06.xml by GLSA coordinator Sergey Popov (pinkbyte).