Security update for git

SUSE Security Update: Security update for git
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:0520-1
Rating: moderate
References: #803874 #804730
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2

  • An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available. It includes one version update.

    Description:


    git has been updated to fix a security issue and one bug:

    * CVE-2013-0308: git imap-send did not verify the SSL
    host certificate, allowing man in the middle attacks. This
    has been fixed.
    * The git-web frontend did not work after the last git
    update when AppArmor was active. The file path was adjusted
    so that this works again.

    Security Issue reference:

    * CVE-2013-0308
    >

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp2-git-7398

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 1.7.12.4]:
    • git-1.7.12.4-0.5.1
    • git-arch-1.7.12.4-0.5.1
    • git-core-1.7.12.4-0.5.1
    • git-cvs-1.7.12.4-0.5.1
    • git-daemon-1.7.12.4-0.5.1
    • git-email-1.7.12.4-0.5.1
    • git-gui-1.7.12.4-0.5.1
    • git-svn-1.7.12.4-0.5.1
    • git-web-1.7.12.4-0.5.1
    • gitk-1.7.12.4-0.5.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0308.html
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/803874
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/804730
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=d38f0c60ef50e644dcd202cc30fa4bd3