Issued:
2017-08-16
Updated:
2017-08-16

RHSA-2017:2485 - Important: git security update

Synopsis

Important: git security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

An update for git is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

Git is a distributed revision control system with a decentralized architecture. As opposed to centralized version control systems with a client-server model, Git ensures that each working copy of a Git repository is an exact copy with complete revision history. This not only allows the user to work on and contribute to projects without the need to have permission to push the changes to their official repositories, but also makes it possible for the user to work with no network connection.

Security Fix(es):

  • A shell command injection flaw related to the handling of "ssh" URLs has been discovered in Git. An attacker could use this flaw to execute shell commands with the privileges of the user running the Git client, for example, when performing a "clone" action on a malicious repository or a legitimate repository containing a malicious commit. (CVE-2017-1000117)

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • git-debuginfo-1.7.1-9.el6_9.i686.rpm
  • git-1.7.1-9.el6_9.ppc64.rpm
  • emacs-git-el-1.7.1-9.el6_9.noarch.rpm
  • git-daemon-1.7.1-9.el6_9.i686.rpm
  • git-debuginfo-1.7.1-9.el6_9.ppc64.rpm
  • git-daemon-1.7.1-9.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
  • git-debuginfo-1.7.1-9.el6_9.s390x.rpm
  • git-1.7.1-9.el6_9.src.rpm
  • gitk-1.7.1-9.el6_9.noarch.rpm
  • git-gui-1.7.1-9.el6_9.noarch.rpm
  • git-1.7.1-9.el6_9.i686.rpm
  • emacs-git-1.7.1-9.el6_9.noarch.rpm
  • git-all-1.7.1-9.el6_9.noarch.rpm
  • git-1.7.1-9.el6_9.s390x.rpm
  • git-cvs-1.7.1-9.el6_9.noarch.rpm
  • git-email-1.7.1-9.el6_9.noarch.rpm
  • git-svn-1.7.1-9.el6_9.noarch.rpm
  • perl-Git-1.7.1-9.el6_9.noarch.rpm
  • git-daemon-1.7.1-9.el6_9.s390x.rpm
  • git-daemon-1.7.1-9.el6_9.ppc64.rpm
  • git-debuginfo-1.7.1-9.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
  • git-1.7.1-9.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
  • gitweb-1.7.1-9.el6_9.noarch.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

Additional information