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Slackware: 2020-112-01 Moderate: Git Credential Management Issue

New git packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue. . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] git (SSA:2020-112-01) New git packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/git-2.17.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: With a crafted URL that contains a newline or empty host, or lacks a scheme, the credential helper machinery can be fooled into providing credential information that is not appropriate for the protocol in use and host being contacted. Unlike the vulnerability CVE-2020-5260 fixed in v2.17.4, the credentials are not for a host of the attacker's choosing; instead, they are for some unspecified host (based on how the configured credential helper handles an absent "host" parameter). For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11008 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://osuosl.org/) for donating 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 14.0: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0: Updated package for Slackware 14.1: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1: Updated package for Slackware 14.2: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2: Updated package for Slackware -current: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 14.0 package: 558c3fb44c4b314f7da5c3c807eeecc0 git-2.17.5-i486-1_slack14.0.txz Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: bea3f89056978279971e2c5a98321459 git-2.17.5-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz Slackware 14.1 package: 35ca91631aa102f23a8ceac0ace0d574 git-2.17.5-i486-1_slack14.1.txz Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: 0a75156767ea9ff4f0e9d5f965527f52 git-2.17.5-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz Slackware 14.2 package: ca39eba5ffe65eef6151f5118c7da317 git-2.17.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: 516cf56c833774225eb352c7d1ab0392 git-2.17.5-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz Slackware -current package: 450a483052c7b3e779bb0519fbb02638 d/git-2.26.2-i586-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: 08382f2cb3766063aadabf3c3d36c602 d/git-2.26.2-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg git-2.17.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz +-----+ . Updated Git distributions for Slackware 14 address vulnerabilities related to credential management, enhancing user data security.. Git Package Update, Slackware Security Fix, Credential Management. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Apr 21, 2020 •Important Slackware