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An update for rh-git29-git is now available for Red Hat Software Collections. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
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====================================================================                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Important: rh-git29-git security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2018:3541-01
Product:           Red Hat Software Collections
Advisory URL:      https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3541
Issue date:        2018-11-12
CVE Names:         CVE-2018-17456 
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1. Summary:

An update for rh-git29-git is now available for Red Hat Software
Collections.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3) - noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) - noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) - noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

3. Description:

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 via .gitmodules (CVE-2018-17456)

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.

4. 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

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1636619 - CVE-2018-17456 git: arbitrary code execution via .gitmodules

6. Package List:

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):

Source:
rh-git29-git-2.9.3-7.el6.src.rpm

noarch:
rh-git29-emacs-git-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-emacs-git-el-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-all-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-cvs-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-email-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-gui-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-p4-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-gitk-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-gitweb-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-perl-Git-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-perl-Git-SVN-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
rh-git29-git-2.9.3-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-2.9.3-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-doc-2.9.3-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-daemon-2.9.3-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-debuginfo-2.9.3-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-svn-2.9.3-7.el6.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7):

Source:
rh-git29-git-2.9.3-7.el6.src.rpm

noarch:
rh-git29-emacs-git-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-emacs-git-el-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-all-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-cvs-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-email-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-gui-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-p4-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-gitk-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-gitweb-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-perl-Git-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-perl-Git-SVN-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
rh-git29-git-2.9.3-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-2.9.3-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-doc-2.9.3-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-daemon-2.9.3-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-debuginfo-2.9.3-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-svn-2.9.3-7.el6.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):

Source:
rh-git29-git-2.9.3-7.el6.src.rpm

noarch:
rh-git29-emacs-git-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-emacs-git-el-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-all-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-cvs-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-email-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-gui-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-p4-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-gitk-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-gitweb-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-perl-Git-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-perl-Git-SVN-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
rh-git29-git-2.9.3-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-2.9.3-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-doc-2.9.3-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-daemon-2.9.3-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-debuginfo-2.9.3-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-svn-2.9.3-7.el6.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):

Source:
rh-git29-git-2.9.3-8.el7.src.rpm

aarch64:
rh-git29-git-2.9.3-8.el7.aarch64.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-2.9.3-8.el7.aarch64.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-doc-2.9.3-8.el7.aarch64.rpm
rh-git29-git-daemon-2.9.3-8.el7.aarch64.rpm
rh-git29-git-debuginfo-2.9.3-8.el7.aarch64.rpm
rh-git29-git-svn-2.9.3-8.el7.aarch64.rpm

noarch:
rh-git29-git-all-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-cvs-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-email-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-gui-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-p4-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-gitk-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-gitweb-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-perl-Git-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-perl-Git-SVN-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm

ppc64le:
rh-git29-git-2.9.3-8.el7.ppc64le.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-2.9.3-8.el7.ppc64le.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-doc-2.9.3-8.el7.ppc64le.rpm
rh-git29-git-daemon-2.9.3-8.el7.ppc64le.rpm
rh-git29-git-debuginfo-2.9.3-8.el7.ppc64le.rpm
rh-git29-git-svn-2.9.3-8.el7.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
rh-git29-git-2.9.3-8.el7.s390x.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-2.9.3-8.el7.s390x.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-doc-2.9.3-8.el7.s390x.rpm
rh-git29-git-daemon-2.9.3-8.el7.s390x.rpm
rh-git29-git-debuginfo-2.9.3-8.el7.s390x.rpm
rh-git29-git-svn-2.9.3-8.el7.s390x.rpm

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):

Source:
rh-git29-git-2.9.3-8.el7.src.rpm

aarch64:
rh-git29-git-2.9.3-8.el7.aarch64.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-2.9.3-8.el7.aarch64.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-doc-2.9.3-8.el7.aarch64.rpm
rh-git29-git-daemon-2.9.3-8.el7.aarch64.rpm
rh-git29-git-debuginfo-2.9.3-8.el7.aarch64.rpm
rh-git29-git-svn-2.9.3-8.el7.aarch64.rpm

noarch:
rh-git29-git-all-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-cvs-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-email-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-gui-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-p4-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-gitk-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-gitweb-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-perl-Git-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-perl-Git-SVN-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm

ppc64le:
rh-git29-git-2.9.3-8.el7.ppc64le.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-2.9.3-8.el7.ppc64le.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-doc-2.9.3-8.el7.ppc64le.rpm
rh-git29-git-daemon-2.9.3-8.el7.ppc64le.rpm
rh-git29-git-debuginfo-2.9.3-8.el7.ppc64le.rpm
rh-git29-git-svn-2.9.3-8.el7.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
rh-git29-git-2.9.3-8.el7.s390x.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-2.9.3-8.el7.s390x.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-doc-2.9.3-8.el7.s390x.rpm
rh-git29-git-daemon-2.9.3-8.el7.s390x.rpm
rh-git29-git-debuginfo-2.9.3-8.el7.s390x.rpm
rh-git29-git-svn-2.9.3-8.el7.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
rh-git29-git-2.9.3-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-2.9.3-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-doc-2.9.3-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-daemon-2.9.3-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-debuginfo-2.9.3-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-svn-2.9.3-8.el7.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3):

Source:
rh-git29-git-2.9.3-8.el7.src.rpm

noarch:
rh-git29-git-all-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-cvs-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-email-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-gui-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-p4-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-gitk-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-gitweb-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-perl-Git-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-perl-Git-SVN-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm

ppc64le:
rh-git29-git-2.9.3-8.el7.ppc64le.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-2.9.3-8.el7.ppc64le.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-doc-2.9.3-8.el7.ppc64le.rpm
rh-git29-git-daemon-2.9.3-8.el7.ppc64le.rpm
rh-git29-git-debuginfo-2.9.3-8.el7.ppc64le.rpm
rh-git29-git-svn-2.9.3-8.el7.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
rh-git29-git-2.9.3-8.el7.s390x.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-2.9.3-8.el7.s390x.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-doc-2.9.3-8.el7.s390x.rpm
rh-git29-git-daemon-2.9.3-8.el7.s390x.rpm
rh-git29-git-debuginfo-2.9.3-8.el7.s390x.rpm
rh-git29-git-svn-2.9.3-8.el7.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
rh-git29-git-2.9.3-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-2.9.3-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-doc-2.9.3-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-daemon-2.9.3-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-debuginfo-2.9.3-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-svn-2.9.3-8.el7.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4):

Source:
rh-git29-git-2.9.3-6.el7.src.rpm

noarch:
rh-git29-git-all-2.9.3-6.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-cvs-2.9.3-6.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-email-2.9.3-6.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-gui-2.9.3-6.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-p4-2.9.3-6.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-gitk-2.9.3-6.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-gitweb-2.9.3-6.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-perl-Git-2.9.3-6.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-perl-Git-SVN-2.9.3-6.el7.noarch.rpm

ppc64le:
rh-git29-git-2.9.3-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-2.9.3-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-doc-2.9.3-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm
rh-git29-git-daemon-2.9.3-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm
rh-git29-git-debuginfo-2.9.3-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm
rh-git29-git-svn-2.9.3-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
rh-git29-git-2.9.3-6.el7.s390x.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-2.9.3-6.el7.s390x.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-doc-2.9.3-6.el7.s390x.rpm
rh-git29-git-daemon-2.9.3-6.el7.s390x.rpm
rh-git29-git-debuginfo-2.9.3-6.el7.s390x.rpm
rh-git29-git-svn-2.9.3-6.el7.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
rh-git29-git-2.9.3-6.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-2.9.3-6.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-doc-2.9.3-6.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-daemon-2.9.3-6.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-debuginfo-2.9.3-6.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-svn-2.9.3-6.el7.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5):

Source:
rh-git29-git-2.9.3-6.el7.src.rpm

noarch:
rh-git29-git-all-2.9.3-6.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-cvs-2.9.3-6.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-email-2.9.3-6.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-gui-2.9.3-6.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-p4-2.9.3-6.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-gitk-2.9.3-6.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-gitweb-2.9.3-6.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-perl-Git-2.9.3-6.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-perl-Git-SVN-2.9.3-6.el7.noarch.rpm

ppc64le:
rh-git29-git-2.9.3-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-2.9.3-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-doc-2.9.3-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm
rh-git29-git-daemon-2.9.3-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm
rh-git29-git-debuginfo-2.9.3-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm
rh-git29-git-svn-2.9.3-6.el7.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
rh-git29-git-2.9.3-6.el7.s390x.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-2.9.3-6.el7.s390x.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-doc-2.9.3-6.el7.s390x.rpm
rh-git29-git-daemon-2.9.3-6.el7.s390x.rpm
rh-git29-git-debuginfo-2.9.3-6.el7.s390x.rpm
rh-git29-git-svn-2.9.3-6.el7.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
rh-git29-git-2.9.3-6.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-2.9.3-6.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-doc-2.9.3-6.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-daemon-2.9.3-6.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-debuginfo-2.9.3-6.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-svn-2.9.3-6.el7.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5):

Source:
rh-git29-git-2.9.3-8.el7.src.rpm

noarch:
rh-git29-git-all-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-cvs-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-email-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-gui-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-p4-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-gitk-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-gitweb-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-perl-Git-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-perl-Git-SVN-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm

ppc64le:
rh-git29-git-2.9.3-8.el7.ppc64le.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-2.9.3-8.el7.ppc64le.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-doc-2.9.3-8.el7.ppc64le.rpm
rh-git29-git-daemon-2.9.3-8.el7.ppc64le.rpm
rh-git29-git-debuginfo-2.9.3-8.el7.ppc64le.rpm
rh-git29-git-svn-2.9.3-8.el7.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
rh-git29-git-2.9.3-8.el7.s390x.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-2.9.3-8.el7.s390x.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-doc-2.9.3-8.el7.s390x.rpm
rh-git29-git-daemon-2.9.3-8.el7.s390x.rpm
rh-git29-git-debuginfo-2.9.3-8.el7.s390x.rpm
rh-git29-git-svn-2.9.3-8.el7.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
rh-git29-git-2.9.3-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-2.9.3-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-doc-2.9.3-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-daemon-2.9.3-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-debuginfo-2.9.3-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-svn-2.9.3-8.el7.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):

Source:
rh-git29-git-2.9.3-8.el7.src.rpm

noarch:
rh-git29-git-all-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-cvs-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-email-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-gui-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-git-p4-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-gitk-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-gitweb-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-perl-Git-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm
rh-git29-perl-Git-SVN-2.9.3-8.el7.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
rh-git29-git-2.9.3-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-2.9.3-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-core-doc-2.9.3-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-daemon-2.9.3-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-debuginfo-2.9.3-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
rh-git29-git-svn-2.9.3-8.el7.x86_64.rpm

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7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17456
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
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Red Hat: RHSA-2018-3541-01 Important: Git Update for Security Risk

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Calendar Grey November 12, 2018
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Critical security patch rh-git29-git released for Red Hat Software Collections to address possible vulnerabilities.
An update for rh-git29-git is now available for Red Hat Software Collections

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 via .gitmodules (CVE-2018-17456)
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.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17456 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source: rh-git29-git-2.9.3-7.el6.src.rpm
noarch: rh-git29-emacs-git-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm rh-git29-emacs-git-el-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm rh-git29-git-all-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm rh-git29-git-cvs-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm rh-git29-git-email-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm rh-git29-git-gui-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm rh-git29-git-p4-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm rh-git29-gitk-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm rh-git29-gitweb-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm rh-git29-perl-Git-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm rh-git29-perl-Git-SVN-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm
x86_64: rh-git29-git-2.9.3-7.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-git29-git-core-2.9.3-7.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-git29-git-core-doc-2.9.3-7.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-git29-git-daemon-2.9.3-7.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-git29-git-debuginfo-2.9.3-7.el6.x86_64.rpm rh-git29-git-svn-2.9.3-7.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7):
Source: rh-git29-git-2.9.3-7.el6.src.rpm
noarch: rh-git29-emacs-git-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm rh-git29-emacs-git-el-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm rh-git29-git-all-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm rh-git29-git-cvs-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm rh-git29-git-email-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm rh-git29-git-gui-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm rh-git29-git-p4-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm rh-git29-gitk-2.9.3-7.el6.noarch.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:3541-01
Product: Red Hat Software Collections
Issue date: 2018-11-12

Topic

An update for rh-git29-git is now available for Red Hat SoftwareCollections.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.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - aarch64, noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3) - noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) - noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) - noarch, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - noarch, x86_64

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

Bugs Fixed

1636619 - CVE-2018-17456 git: arbitrary code execution via .gitmodules

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