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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6: RHSA-2020-0316-01 Important: Git Code Execution

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Calendar Grey February 3, 2020
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 has received a vital git update targeting critical security flaws, enhancing stability while resolving unauthorized access risks.
An update for git is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory update code execution important red hat enterprise linux git

References

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

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
Source: git-1.7.1-10.el6_10.src.rpm
i386: git-1.7.1-10.el6_10.i686.rpm git-daemon-1.7.1-10.el6_10.i686.rpm git-debuginfo-1.7.1-10.el6_10.i686.rpm
noarch: emacs-git-1.7.1-10.el6_10.noarch.rpm emacs-git-el-1.7.1-10.el6_10.noarch.rpm git-all-1.7.1-10.el6_10.noarch.rpm git-cvs-1.7.1-10.el6_10.noarch.rpm git-email-1.7.1-10.el6_10.noarch.rpm git-gui-1.7.1-10.el6_10.noarch.rpm git-svn-1.7.1-10.el6_10.noarch.rpm gitk-1.7.1-10.el6_10.noarch.rpm gitweb-1.7.1-10.el6_10.noarch.rpm perl-Git-1.7.1-10.el6_10.noarch.rpm
x86_64: git-1.7.1-10.el6_10.x86_64.rpm git-daemon-1.7.1-10.el6_10.x86_64.rpm git-debuginfo-1.7.1-10.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):
Source: git-1.7.1-10.el6_10.src.rpm
noarch: emacs-git-1.7.1-10.el6_10.noarch.rpm emacs-git-el-1.7.1-10.el6_10.noarch.rpm git-all-1.7.1-10.el6_10.noarch.rpm git-cvs-1.7.1-10.el6_10.noarch.rpm git-email-1.7.1-10.el6_10.noarch.rpm git-gui-1.7.1-10.el6_10.noarch.rpm git-svn-1.7.1-10.el6_10.noarch.rpm gitk-1.7.1-10.el6_10.noarch.rpm gitweb-1.7.1-10.el6_10.noarch.rpm perl-Git-1.7.1-10.el6_10.noarch.rpm
x86_64: git-1.7.1-10.el6_10.x86_64.rpm git-daemon-1.7.1-10.el6_10.x86_64.rpm git-debuginfo-1.7.1-10.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:0316-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0316
Issue date: 2020-02-03

Topic

An update for git is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.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 update code execution important red hat enterprise linux git

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, noarch, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, noarch, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, noarch, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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

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