openSUSE Leap 15.0: 2018:4051-1 Important: libgit2 Submodule Injection
opensuse
December 8, 2018
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available.
Description
This update for libgit2 fixes the following issues:
Security issue fixed:
- CVE-2018-17456: Submodule URLs and paths with a leading "-" are now
ignored to avoid injecting options into library consumers that perform
recursive clones (bsc#1110949).
Non-security issues fixed:
- Version update to version 0.26.8 (bsc#1114729).
- Full changelog can be found at:
* https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.26.8
* https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.26.7
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.
Topics Covered
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 15.0:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-1517=1
Package List
- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (i586 x86_64):
libgit2-26-0.26.8-lp150.2.6.1
libgit2-26-debuginfo-0.26.8-lp150.2.6.1
libgit2-debugsource-0.26.8-lp150.2.6.1
libgit2-devel-0.26.8-lp150.2.6.1
- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (x86_64):
libgit2-26-32bit-0.26.8-lp150.2.6.1
libgit2-26-32bit-debuginfo-0.26.8-lp150.2.6.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17456.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1110949
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1114729
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:4051-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.0
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