DSA-4311-1 git -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4311-1 git -- security update

Date Reported:

05 Oct 2018

Affected Packages:

git

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2018-17456.

More information:

joernchen of Phenoelit discovered that git, a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system, is prone to an arbitrary code execution vulnerability via a specially crafted .gitmodules file in a project cloned with --recurse-submodules.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1:2.11.0-3+deb9u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your git packages.

For the detailed security status of git please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/git