USN-3438-1: Git vulnerability
USN-3438-1: Git vulnerability Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3438-1 5th October, 2017 git vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 17.04 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary Git be made to run programs if it processed a specially crafted file. Software description git – fast, scalable, distributed revision control system Details It was discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain subcommands such ascvsserver. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue via shellmetacharacters in modules names to execute arbitrary code. This update also removes the cvsserver subcommand from git-shell bydefault. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 17.04: git 1:2.11.0-2ubuntu0.3 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: git 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.3 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: git 1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.7 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system update will [ more… ]