Re: Removal of post-upload-hook

> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:31:57PM +0530, Arun Raghavan wrote:
> > [I'm not on the list, so please CC me on replies]
> > 
> > Hello,
> > I noticed that the post-upload hook had been removed in commit
> > 1456b043fc0f0a395c35d6b5e55b0dad1b6e7acc. The commit message states:
> > 
> >     This hook runs after "git fetch" in the repository the objects are
> >     fetched from as the user who fetched, and has security implications.
> > 
> > I was wondering if someone could shed some light (or links) on what
> > security implications this hook has?
> 
> Because receive-pack runs as the user who is pushing, not as the
> repository owner. So by convincing you to push to my repository in a
> multi-user environment, I convince you to run some arbitrary code of
> mine.