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SUSE: 2020:0991-1 Important: Git Credential Exposure Risk

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Calendar Grey April 14, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
Critical security advisory for git on SUSE Linux resolving a vulnerability linked to credentials via a specially designed URL. Included are patch specifics.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for git fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-5260: With a crafted URL that contains a newline in it, the credential helper machinery can be fooled to give credential information for a wrong host (bsc#1168930). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-2020-991=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-2020-991=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-OBS-15-SP1-2020-991=1

References

#1168930

Cross- CVE-2020-5260

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-5260.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1168930

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:0991-1
Rating: important

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