news 28 Posted February 21, 2009 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] git (SSA:2009-051-02) New git packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current to fix security issues. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3546 There are other security issues related to gitweb, which Slackware does not ship, but could be added to a Slackware install. These problems are also fixed with this update. The CVE entries for the gitweb issues may be found here: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5516 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5517 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/git-1.6.1.3-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz: Upgraded to git-1.6.1.3. This fixes a vulnerability where running git-diff or git-grep on a hostile git repository would result in the execution of arbirary code as the git user. For more information, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3546 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com? Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading directly from ftp.slackware.com. Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (http://osuosl.org) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-) Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for additional mirror sites near you. Updated package for Slackware 12.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/git-1.6.1.3-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/git-1.6.1.3-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.2/patches/packages/git-1.6.1.3-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/d/git-1.6.1.3-i486-1.tgz MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 12.0 package: 6c6af465722ff0abd8a796305ad4af21 git-1.6.1.3-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Slackware 12.1 package: 362ac15da4f60b84b40b1ee0d4b60890 git-1.6.1.3-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Slackware 12.2 package: 0766dc7d31229d4af357931a569cf38a git-1.6.1.3-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz Slackware -current package: 69183cb0801be615924fc4c870bc9fb8 git-1.6.1.3-i486-1.tgz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg git-1.6.1.3-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security ( -at -) slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Share this post Link to post
