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Debian Jessie DSA-3848-1 Critical Git-Shell Access Issue

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Calendar Grey May 10, 2017
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4412-1 pertains to a severe vulnerability in the network-manager package. Update promptly to safeguard your setups.
Timo Schmid of ERNW GmbH discovered that the Git git-shell, a restricted login shell for Git-only SSH access, allows a user to run an interactive pager by causing it to spawn "git ...
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Summary

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:2.1.4-2.1+deb8u3.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:2.11.0-3.

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-2017-8386

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