Fedora 29: git Security Update 2018-06090dff59
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.
Upstream security update resolving an issue with `git clone --recurse-submodules`. From the [upstream release announcement](https://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqy3bcuy3l.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com/): > These releases
fix a security flaw (CVE-2018-17456), which allowed an > attacker to execute
arbitrary code by crafting a malicious .gitmodules > file in a project cloned
with --recurse-submodules. > > When running "git clone --recurse-submodules",
Git parses the supplied > .gitmodules file for a URL field and blindly passes it
as an argument > to a "git clone" subprocess. If the URL field is set to a
string that > begins with a dash, this "git clone" subprocess interprets the URL
as > an option. This can lead to executing an arbitrary script shipped in > the
superproject as the user who ran "git clone". > > In addition to fixing the
security issue for the user running "clone", > the 2.17.2, 2.18.1 and 2.19.1
releases have an "fsck" check which can > be used to detect such malicious
repository content when fetching or > accepting a push. See
"transfer.fsckObjects" in git-config(1). > > Credit for finding and fixing this
vulnerability goes to joernchen > and Jeff King, respectively.
[ 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-2018-06090dff59' 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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FEDORA-2018-06090dff59 2018-10-09 00:04:24.598787 Product : Fedora 29 Version : 2.19.1 Release : 1.fc29 URL : https://git-scm.com/ Summary : Fast Version Control System Description : 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. Upstream security update resolving an issue with `git clone --recurse-submodules`. From the [upstream release announcement](https://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqy3bcuy3l.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com/): > These releases fix a security flaw (CVE-2018-17456), which allowed an > attacker to execute arbitrary code by crafting a malicious .gitmodules > file in a project cloned with --recurse-submodules. > > When running "git clone --recurse-submodules", Git parses the supplied > .gitmodules file for a URL field and blindly passes it as an argument > to a "git clone" subprocess. If the URL field is set to a string that > begins with a dash, this "git clone" subprocess interprets the URL as > an option. This can lead to executing an arbitrary script shipped in > the superproject as the user who ran "git clone". > > In addition to fixing the security issue for the user running "clone", > the 2.17.2, 2.18.1 and 2.19.1 releases have an "fsck" check which can > be used to detect such malicious repository content when fetching or > accepting a push. See "transfer.fsckObjects" in git-config(1). > > Credit for finding and fixing this vulnerability goes to joernchen > and Jeff King, respectively. [ 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-2018-06090dff59' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ package-announce mailing list -- package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to package-announce-leave@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/
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