Debian 8 DSA-3521-1 Critical: Git Remote Execution Threat
debian
March 19, 2016
Lael Cellier discovered two buffer overflow vulnerabilities in git, a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system, which could be exploited for remote execution of arbitrar...
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Summary
For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed
in version 1:1.7.10.4-1+wheezy3.
For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 1:2.1.4-2.1+deb8u2.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 1:2.8.0~rc3-1. CVE-2016-2315 was already fixed in version
1:2.7.0-1.
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-2016-2315 CVE-2016-2324
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