[ubuntu/xenial-security] git 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.5 (Accepted)

Steve Beattie sbeattie at ubuntu.com
Fri Oct 12 00:24:02 UTC 2018


git (1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.5) xenial-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: arbitrary code execution via submodule URLs and
    paths in .gitsubmodules.
    - 0001-submodule-helper-use-to-signal-end-of-clone-options.patch,
      0002-submodule-config-ban-submodule-urls-that-start-with-.patch,
      0003-submodule-config-ban-submodule-paths-that-start-with.patch:
      disallow urls and files that begin with '--'.
    - 0004-fsck-detect-submodule-urls-starting-with-dash.patch,
      0005-fsck-detect-submodule-paths-starting-with-dash.patch:
      reject gitmodules that contain submdule urls and files that begin
      with '--'.
    - CVE-2018-17456
  * SECURITY UPDATE: incomplete fix for CVE-2017-14867
    - 0006-cvsimport-apply-shell-quoting-regex-globally.patch: escape
      all instances of backticks

Date: 2018-10-11 01:42:12.842911+00:00
Changed-By: Steve Beattie <sbeattie at ubuntu.com>
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/git/1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.5
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