Bug 1781966 (CVE-2019-1353) - CVE-2019-1353 git: NTFS protections inactive when running Git in the Windows Subsystem for Linux
Summary: CVE-2019-1353 git: NTFS protections inactive when running Git in the Windows ...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2019-1353
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1781967
Blocks: 1781145
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-12-11 00:25 UTC by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2021-02-16 20:54 UTC (History)
11 users (show)

Fixed In Version: git 2.24.1, git 2.23.1, git 2.22.2, git 2.21.1, git 2.20.2, git 2.19.3, git 2.18.2, git 2.17.3, git 2.16.6, git 2.15.4, git 2.14.6
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Last Closed: 2020-05-20 21:19:15 UTC

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Description Pedro Sampaio 2019-12-11 00:25:43 UTC 
When running Git in the Windows Subsystem for Linux (also known as "WSL") while accessing a working directory on a regular Windows drive, none of the NTFS protections were active.

References:

https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/git/git/+/refs/tags/v2.24.1/Documentation/RelNotes/2.14.6.txt
Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2019-12-11 00:26:03 UTC 
Created git tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1781967]
Comment 2 Riccardo Schirone 2019-12-13 16:41:43 UTC 
oss-security mailing list reference:
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/13/1
Comment 3 Riccardo Schirone 2019-12-13 16:42:53 UTC 
External References:

https://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-589j-mmg9-733v
Comment 4 Riccardo Schirone 2019-12-16 16:12:27 UTC 
Upstream fix:
https://github.com/git/git/commit/9102f958ee5254b10c0be72672aa3305bf4f4704
Comment 5 Riccardo Schirone 2019-12-16 16:18:53 UTC 
Statement:

This issue did not affect the versions of git as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7, and 8 as NTFS filesystems are not supported nor the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).
Comment 7 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-05-20 21:19:15 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-1353
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