Recommended update for git

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:2184-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Cloud 5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3

An update that has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

The git package was updated to fix the following security issue:

  • Fix remote code execution with recursive fetch of submodules (bsc#948969).

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 SP3
    zypper in -t patch sdksp3-git-12247=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sdksp4-git-12247=1
  • SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3
    zypper in -t patch slestso13-git-12247=1
  • SUSE Cloud 5
    zypper in -t patch sleclo50sp3-git-12247=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • git-gui-1.7.12.4-0.11.2
    • git-arch-1.7.12.4-0.11.2
    • git-web-1.7.12.4-0.11.2
    • git-daemon-1.7.12.4-0.11.2
    • git-svn-1.7.12.4-0.11.2
    • git-cvs-1.7.12.4-0.11.2
    • git-core-1.7.12.4-0.11.2
    • gitk-1.7.12.4-0.11.2
    • git-email-1.7.12.4-0.11.2
    • git-1.7.12.4-0.11.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • git-gui-1.7.12.4-0.11.2
    • git-arch-1.7.12.4-0.11.2
    • git-web-1.7.12.4-0.11.2
    • git-daemon-1.7.12.4-0.11.2
    • git-svn-1.7.12.4-0.11.2
    • git-cvs-1.7.12.4-0.11.2
    • git-core-1.7.12.4-0.11.2
    • gitk-1.7.12.4-0.11.2
    • git-email-1.7.12.4-0.11.2
    • git-1.7.12.4-0.11.2
  • SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3 (x86_64)
    • git-core-1.7.12.4-0.11.2
    • git-1.7.12.4-0.11.2
  • SUSE Cloud 5 (x86_64)
    • git-core-1.7.12.4-0.11.2

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