Git: Security bypass

Background Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. Description Timo Schmid discovered that the Git restricted shell incorrectly filtered allowed commands. Impact A remote attacker...

Debian DSA-3257-1 : mercurial - security update

Jesse Hertz of Matasano Security discovered that Mercurial, a distributed version control system, is prone to a command injection vulnerability via a crafted repository name in a clone command. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this...