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Git: Malicious repositories can execute remote code while cloning

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Re: Git: Malicious repositories can execute remote code while cloning

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> This vulnerability affects platforms with case-insensitive filesystems... What kind of platforms use case-insensitive filesystems?

macOS, to name one. It appears NTFS is also vulnerable according to the posting.

Ashamed to admit (as an OSX user) that I didn't even realize the FS was case-insensitive (having migrated from years of Linux usage to a non-Linux desktop). It does a good job of hiding this from the user (filenames are still listed with cases, and bash autocompletion completes to the correct case as well)

Re: Git: Malicious repositories can execute remote code while cloning

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> This vulnerability affects platforms with case-insensitive filesystems... What kind of platforms use case-insensitive filesystems?

MacOS and Windows

I guess it shows that I haven't really used either of those in a long time.
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