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Fedora 24: Git Security Update Released on 2016-04-26 Critical CVE

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Calendar Grey April 26, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora 24 has released a crucial Git security update in version 2.7.4, fixing critical vulnerabilities and enhancing overall performance and stability.
Update to 2.7.4 (for CVE-2016-2315, CVE-2016-2324).

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:

Update to 2.7.4 (for CVE-2016-2315, CVE-2016-2324).

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Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1329591 - Please update to 2.7.4 fixing CVE-2016-2315, CVE-2016-2324 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1329591

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 24
Version: 2.7.4
Release: 1.fc24
URL: https://git-scm.com/
Summary: Fast Version Control System

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