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Fedora 28: 2018-42eab0f5b9 Critical: libgit2 Code Execution

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Calendar Grey October 16, 2018
Dist Fedora Esm H88
The release of libgit2 0.26.7 resolves critical vulnerabilities that could lead to unauthorized code execution, bolstering the security measures in place for all users.
Update to 0.26.7 (CVE-2018-17456)

Summary

libgit2 is a portable, pure C implementation of the Git core methods

provided as a re-entrant linkable library with a solid API, allowing

you to write native speed custom Git applications in any language

with bindings.

Update to 0.26.7 (CVE-2018-17456)

* Mon Oct 8 2018 Pete Walter - 0.26.7-1

- Update to 0.26.7 (CVE-2018-17456)

* Tue Aug 7 2018 Pete Walter - 0.26.6-1

- Update to 0.26.6

* Tue Jul 10 2018 Pete Walter - 0.26.5-1

- Update to 0.26.5 (CVE-2018-10887, CVE-2018-10888)

* Mon Jun 25 2018 Pete Walter - 0.26.4-1

- Update to 0.26.4 (CVE-2018-11235)

[ 1 ] Bug #1636619 - CVE-2018-17456 git: arbitrary code execution via .gitmodules

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1636619

su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2018-42eab0f5b9' at the command

line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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https://fedoraproject.org/security/

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Product: Fedora 28
Version: 0.26.7
Release: 1.fc28
Summary: C implementation of the Git core methods as a library with a solid API

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