Slackware: 2020-112-01: git Security Update
Summary
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://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-11008 (* Security fix *)
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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
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg git-2.17.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz