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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: RHSA-2018:1957-01 Important Git Security Fix

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Calendar Grey June 20, 2018
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Crucial Git upgrade released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 correcting critical vulnerability. Update immediately!
An update for git is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

Git is a distributed revision control system with a decentralized architecture. As opposed to centralized version control systems with a client-server model, Git ensures that each working copy of a Git repository is an exact copy with complete revision history. This not only allows the user to work on and contribute to projects without the need to have permission to push the changes to their official repositories, but also makes it possible for the user to work with no network connection.
Security Fix(es):
* git: arbitrary code execution when recursively cloning a malicious repository (CVE-2018-11235)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory arbitrary code execution Red Hat Enterprise Linux important advisory git update

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11235 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
Source: git-1.8.3.1-14.el7_5.src.rpm
noarch: emacs-git-1.8.3.1-14.el7_5.noarch.rpm emacs-git-el-1.8.3.1-14.el7_5.noarch.rpm git-all-1.8.3.1-14.el7_5.noarch.rpm git-bzr-1.8.3.1-14.el7_5.noarch.rpm git-cvs-1.8.3.1-14.el7_5.noarch.rpm git-email-1.8.3.1-14.el7_5.noarch.rpm git-gui-1.8.3.1-14.el7_5.noarch.rpm git-hg-1.8.3.1-14.el7_5.noarch.rpm git-p4-1.8.3.1-14.el7_5.noarch.rpm gitk-1.8.3.1-14.el7_5.noarch.rpm gitweb-1.8.3.1-14.el7_5.noarch.rpm perl-Git-1.8.3.1-14.el7_5.noarch.rpm perl-Git-SVN-1.8.3.1-14.el7_5.noarch.rpm
x86_64: git-1.8.3.1-14.el7_5.x86_64.rpm git-daemon-1.8.3.1-14.el7_5.x86_64.rpm git-debuginfo-1.8.3.1-14.el7_5.x86_64.rpm git-svn-1.8.3.1-14.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
Source: git-1.8.3.1-14.el7_5.src.rpm
noarch: emacs-git-1.8.3.1-14.el7_5.noarch.rpm emacs-git-el-1.8.3.1-14.el7_5.noarch.rpm git-all-1.8.3.1-14.el7_5.noarch.rpm git-bzr-1.8.3.1-14.el7_5.noarch.rpm git-cvs-1.8.3.1-14.el7_5.noarch.rpm git-email-1.8.3.1-14.el7_5.noarch.rpm git-gui-1.8.3.1-14.el7_5.noarch.rpm git-hg-1.8.3.1-14.el7_5.noarch.rpm git-p4-1.8.3.1-14.el7_5.noarch.rpm gitk-1.8.3.1-14.el7_5.noarch.rpm gitweb-1.8.3.1-14.el7_5.noarch.rpm perl-Git-1.8.3.1-14.el7_5.noarch.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:1957-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1957
Issue date: 2018-06-20

Topic

An update for git is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory arbitrary code execution Red Hat Enterprise Linux important advisory git update

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x

Bugs Fixed

1583862 - CVE-2018-11235 git: arbitrary code execution when recursively cloning a malicious repository

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