Re: [PATCH v2] gpg-interface.c: detect and reject multiple signatures on commits

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> On Fri, 2018-08-17 at 09:34 +0200, Michał Górny wrote:
> > GnuPG supports creating signatures consisting of multiple signature
> > packets.  If such a signature is verified, it outputs all the status
> > messages for each signature separately.  However, git currently does not
> > account for such scenario and gets terribly confused over getting
> > multiple *SIG statuses.
> >
> > For example, if a malicious party alters a signed commit and appends
> > a new untrusted signature, git is going to ignore the original bad
> > signature and report untrusted commit instead.  However, %GK and %GS
> > format strings may still expand to the data corresponding
> > to the original signature, potentially tricking the scripts into
> > trusting the malicious commit.
> >
> > Given that the use of multiple signatures is quite rare, git does not
> > support creating them without jumping through a few hoops, and finally
> > supporting them properly would require extensive API improvement, it
> > seems reasonable to just reject them at the moment.
> >
>
> Gentle ping.