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Debian: DSA-4311-1 Critical: Git Arbitrary Code Execution

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Calendar Grey October 5, 2018
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The latest Debian Security Advisory DSA-4312-1 highlights a severe vulnerability in curl that enables remote code execution, prompting a security patch.
joernchen of Phenoelit discovered that git, a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system, is prone to an arbitrary code execution vulnerability via a specially crafted .gi...
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Summary

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:2.11.0-3+deb9u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your git packages.

For the detailed security status of git please refer to its security
tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/git

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-2018-17456

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