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Debian: DSA-3435-1 Critical: Git Command Injection Risk

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Calendar Grey January 5, 2016
Scroller Debian
Enhance git installations in response to Debian DSA-3435-1 notice targeting command injection vulnerabilities and execution dangers.
Blake Burkhart discovered that the Git git-remote-ext helper incorrectly handled recursive clones of git repositories
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Summary

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 1:1.7.10.4-1+wheezy2.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:2.1.4-2.1+deb8u1.

For the testing distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed
in version 1:2.6.1-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:2.6.1-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your git packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: git
CVE ID: CVE-2015-7545

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