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Fedora 22 Git Security Update - CVE-2016-2315 Addressed

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Calendar Grey March 30, 2016
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Essential vulnerability patch for Fedora 22 git targeting memory corruption risks through the recent version enhancement.
Security fix for CVE-2016-2315, CVE-2016-2324 (by updating to 2.4.11).

Summary

Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an

unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations

and full access to internals.

The git rpm installs the core tools with minimal dependencies. To

install all git packages, including tools for integrating with other

SCMs, install the git-all meta-package.

Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2016-2315, CVE-2016-2324 (by updating to 2.4.11).

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Topics Covered

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Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1317981 - CVE-2016-2315 CVE-2016-2324 git: path_name() integer truncation and overflow leading to buffer overflow https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1317981

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update git' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: git
Product: Fedora 22
Version: 2.4.11
Release: 1.fc22
URL: https://git-scm.com/
Summary: Fast Version Control System

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Topics Covered

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