NTP Directory Traversal Vulnerability

NTP Network Time Protocol is a network protocol that synchronizes the clocks of two computers by exchanging packets. A security vulnerability exists in NTP versions prior to 4.2.8p4 and 4.3.x prior to 4.3.77. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending NTP packets to overwrite the...

MGASA-2014-0546 Updated git packages fix security vulnerability

It was reported that git, when used as a client on a case-insensitive filesystem, could allow the overwrite of the .git/config file when the client performed a "git pull". Because git permitted committing .Git/config or any case variation, on the pull this would replace the user's .git/config. If...