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

[Scott C. <sc...@cu...>]

  Update Information

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

  * 1.0
  * 1.1

Here are the details from the Cucumber 1.1 changelog:

+----------------+
Sat Oct 6 20:48:41 EDT 2018
dev-general/git upgraded from 2.13.7 to 2.14.5 to fix CVE-2018-17456, a security
	vulnerability that allowed for remote code execution during a recursive
	clone of a superproject if a .gitmodules file had a URL field beginning
	with a - character. Unfortunately, there is no fix for Git 2.13, so we
	have upgraded to the oldest minor version that has a fix available
	(2.14), as this is the version that has fix available with the least
	amount of change to Git. For more information see:
		https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=571
		https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-17456
* 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-571 [CVE-2018-17456]
    (https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=571)

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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