[Cucumber-linux-security] git (security update is available)

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  Update Information

A security update is available for git for the following versions of
Cucumber Linux:

  * 1.0

Here are the details from the Cucumber 1.0 changelog:

+----------------+
Fri Sep 29 08:46:51 EDT 2017
dev-general/git upgraded from 2.10.4 to 2.10.5 to fix CVE-2017-14867, a
	vulnerability which allowed for an attacker to execute arbitrary
	OS commands via specially placed metacharacters in a module name. This
	worked by exploiting unsafe perl scripts. For more information see:
		https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14867
		http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=58
		https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3984
* SECURITY FIX *
+----------------+

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  CLD and CVE Information

This update is associated with the following Cucumber Linux Deficiency
(CLD) and CVE numbers:

  * CLD-58 [CVE-2017-14867]
    (http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=58)

More information about these CLDs can be found at their respective pages
on the Cucumber Linux Security Advisory Tracker (these are the URLs in
parenthesis above).

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  Installing the Update

The updated package can be installed via Pickle by running the following
commands (as root):

# pickle --update
# pickle

Make sure git is selected on the update list, and then select Ok. Pickle
will then install the updated package.

If you prefer to download the updated package manually, it can be found
on the mirror at http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/.

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