Slackware 12: 2009-051-02 Moderate: Git Code Execution Risk
slackware
February 21, 2009
New git packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current to fix security issues
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/git-1.6.1.3-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz: Upgraded to git-1.6.1.3. This fixes a vulnerability where running git-diff or git-grep on a hostile git repository would result in the execution of arbirary code as the git user. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3546 (* Security fix *)
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Where Find New Packages
HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com?
Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site
for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading
directly from ftp.slackware.com.
Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(https://osuosl.org/) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for
additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 12.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/git-1.6.1.3-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 12.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/git-1.6.1.3-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 12.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.2/patches/packages/git-1.6.1.3-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 12.0 package:
6c6af465722ff0abd8a796305ad4af21 git-1.6.1.3-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz
Slackware 12.1 package:
362ac15da4f60b84b40b1ee0d4b60890 git-1.6.1.3-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz
Slackware 12.2 package:
0766dc7d31229d4af357931a569cf38a git-1.6.1.3-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz
Slackware -current package:
69183cb0801be615924fc4c870bc9fb8 git-1.6.1.3-i486-1.tgz
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg git-1.6.1.3-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz
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