Security update for git

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:13938-1
Rating: important
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2017-15298 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2017-15298 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2018-11233 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2018-11235 ( SUSE ): 8.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-11235 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-17456 ( SUSE ): 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2018-17456 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3

An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for git fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2017-15298: Fixed mishandling layers of tree objects, which allowed remote attackers to cause DoS a crafted repository, aka a Git bomb (bsc#1063412).
  • CVE-2018-11233: Fixed path sanity-checks on NTFS that can read arbitrary memory (bsc#1095218).
  • CVE-2018-11235: Fixed arbitrary code execution when recursively cloning a malicious repository (bsc#1095219).
  • CVE-2018-17456: Fixed a code execution via .gitmodules (bsc#1110949) (partial)

Non-security issues fixed:

  • Fixed an issue where send-email failed to authenticate with SMTP server (bsc#1082023)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sdksp4-git-13938=1
  • SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3
    zypper in -t patch slestso13-git-13938=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • git-cvs-1.7.12.4-0.18.17.1
    • gitk-1.7.12.4-0.18.17.1
    • git-email-1.7.12.4-0.18.17.1
    • git-gui-1.7.12.4-0.18.17.1
    • git-core-1.7.12.4-0.18.17.1
    • git-arch-1.7.12.4-0.18.17.1
    • git-svn-1.7.12.4-0.18.17.1
    • git-web-1.7.12.4-0.18.17.1
    • git-1.7.12.4-0.18.17.1
    • git-daemon-1.7.12.4-0.18.17.1
  • SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3 (x86_64)
    • git-1.7.12.4-0.18.17.1
    • git-core-1.7.12.4-0.18.17.1

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