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Scientific Linux SL7: SLSA-2017-2484-1 Important Git Shell Injection Fix

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A shell command injection flaw related to the handling of "ssh" URLs has been discovered in Git. An attacker could use this flaw to execute shell commands with the privileges of the user running the Git client, for example, when performing a "clone" action on a malicious repository or a legitimate repository containing a malicious commit. (CVE-2017-1000117) SL7 x86_64 git-1.8.3.1-12.el7 [More...]
Synopsis:          Important: git security update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2017:2484-1
Issue Date:        2017-08-17
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2017-1000117
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Security Fix(es):

* A shell command injection flaw related to the handling of "ssh" URLs has
been discovered in Git. An attacker could use this flaw to execute shell
commands with the privileges of the user running the Git client, for
example, when performing a "clone" action on a malicious repository or a
legitimate repository containing a malicious commit. (CVE-2017-1000117)
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SL7
  x86_64
    git-1.8.3.1-12.el7_4.x86_64.rpm
    git-daemon-1.8.3.1-12.el7_4.x86_64.rpm
    git-debuginfo-1.8.3.1-12.el7_4.x86_64.rpm
    git-svn-1.8.3.1-12.el7_4.x86_64.rpm
  noarch
    emacs-git-1.8.3.1-12.el7_4.noarch.rpm
    emacs-git-el-1.8.3.1-12.el7_4.noarch.rpm
    git-all-1.8.3.1-12.el7_4.noarch.rpm
    git-bzr-1.8.3.1-12.el7_4.noarch.rpm
    git-cvs-1.8.3.1-12.el7_4.noarch.rpm
    git-email-1.8.3.1-12.el7_4.noarch.rpm
    git-gui-1.8.3.1-12.el7_4.noarch.rpm
    git-hg-1.8.3.1-12.el7_4.noarch.rpm
    git-p4-1.8.3.1-12.el7_4.noarch.rpm
    gitk-1.8.3.1-12.el7_4.noarch.rpm
    gitweb-1.8.3.1-12.el7_4.noarch.rpm
    perl-Git-1.8.3.1-12.el7_4.noarch.rpm
    perl-Git-SVN-1.8.3.1-12.el7_4.noarch.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team