Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2018-1093
Advisory Release Date: 2018-10-24 16:31 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2018-10-25 23:24 Pacific
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
Git before 2.14.5, allows remote code execution during processing of a recursive "git clone" of a superproject if a .gitmodules file has a URL field beginning with a '-' character.(CVE-2018-17456)
Affected Packages:
git
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update git to update your system.
New Packages:
i686:
git-2.14.5-1.amzn2.i686
git-core-2.14.5-1.amzn2.i686
git-core-doc-2.14.5-1.amzn2.i686
git-daemon-2.14.5-1.amzn2.i686
git-svn-2.14.5-1.amzn2.i686
git-gnome-keyring-2.14.5-1.amzn2.i686
git-debuginfo-2.14.5-1.amzn2.i686
noarch:
git-all-2.14.5-1.amzn2.noarch
gitweb-2.14.5-1.amzn2.noarch
git-p4-2.14.5-1.amzn2.noarch
git-cvs-2.14.5-1.amzn2.noarch
git-email-2.14.5-1.amzn2.noarch
git-gui-2.14.5-1.amzn2.noarch
gitk-2.14.5-1.amzn2.noarch
perl-Git-2.14.5-1.amzn2.noarch
perl-Git-SVN-2.14.5-1.amzn2.noarch
src:
git-2.14.5-1.amzn2.src
x86_64:
git-2.14.5-1.amzn2.x86_64
git-core-2.14.5-1.amzn2.x86_64
git-core-doc-2.14.5-1.amzn2.x86_64
git-daemon-2.14.5-1.amzn2.x86_64
git-svn-2.14.5-1.amzn2.x86_64
git-gnome-keyring-2.14.5-1.amzn2.x86_64
git-debuginfo-2.14.5-1.amzn2.x86_64