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Fedora 23: Critical Git Security Update for Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey March 21, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Keep informed about Fedora 23’s recent security update for git, which tackles issues related to integer overflow and buffer management vulnerabilities.
Security fix for CVE-2016-2315, CVE-2016-2324 (by updating to 2.5.5).

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 common set of tools which are usually using with

small amount of 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 2.5.5).

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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 23
Version: 2.5.5
Release: 1.fc23
URL: https://git-scm.com/
Summary: Fast Version Control System

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow Fedora patch critical fix git

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