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High ELSA-2020-1980 1 CVE

Important: git security update (Oracle Linux 8)

Published May 7, 2020 · Updated May 7, 2020

Summary

[2.18.4-2]
- Update to release 2.18.4
- Resolves: CVE-2020-11008

Fixed packages 14

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 8 git 0:2.18.4-2.el8_2
Oracle Linux · 8 git-all 0:2.18.4-2.el8_2
Oracle Linux · 8 git-core 0:2.18.4-2.el8_2
Oracle Linux · 8 git-core-doc 0:2.18.4-2.el8_2
Oracle Linux · 8 git-daemon 0:2.18.4-2.el8_2
Oracle Linux · 8 git-email 0:2.18.4-2.el8_2
Oracle Linux · 8 git-gui 0:2.18.4-2.el8_2
Oracle Linux · 8 git-instaweb 0:2.18.4-2.el8_2
Oracle Linux · 8 git-subtree 0:2.18.4-2.el8_2
Oracle Linux · 8 git-svn 0:2.18.4-2.el8_2
Oracle Linux · 8 gitk 0:2.18.4-2.el8_2
Oracle Linux · 8 gitweb 0:2.18.4-2.el8_2
Oracle Linux · 8 perl-Git 0:2.18.4-2.el8_2
Oracle Linux · 8 perl-Git-SVN 0:2.18.4-2.el8_2

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Medium 4.0

    Malicious URLs can still cause Git to send a stored credential to the wrong server

    Affected versions of Git have a vulnerability whereby Git can be tricked into sending private credentials to a host controlled by an attacker. This bug is similar to CVE-2020-5260(GHSA-qm7j-c969-7j4q). The fix for that bug still left the door open for an expl…