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openSUSE: 2019:0021-1 Important: libgit2 Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey January 12, 2019
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Patch release for libgit2 on openSUSE tackling a severe code execution vulnerability along with several additional enhancements.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available.

Description

This update for libgit2 fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

- CVE-2018-19456: Fixed a code execution by malicious .gitmodules file

(bsc#1110949)

- various string-to-integer and buffer handling fixes (bsc#1114729).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue software update code execution openSUSE

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 42.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2019-21=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (i586 x86_64):

libgit2-24-0.24.1-10.6.1

libgit2-24-debuginfo-0.24.1-10.6.1

libgit2-debugsource-0.24.1-10.6.1

libgit2-devel-0.24.1-10.6.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (x86_64):

libgit2-24-32bit-0.24.1-10.6.1

libgit2-24-debuginfo-32bit-0.24.1-10.6.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19456.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1110949

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1114729

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:0021-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3 le.

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