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Mageia Linux Local Check: mgasa-2016-0119
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
10.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
8 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
Mageia Linux Local Security Checks mgasa-2016-0119
Insight
Insight
There is a buffer overflow vulnerability possibly leading to remote code execution in git. It can happen while pushing or cloning a repository with a large filename or a large number of nested trees (CVE-2016-2315, CVE-2016-2324). The git package has been updated to version 2.7.4, which fixes this issue, as well as several other bugs. The cgit package bundles git, and its bundled copy of git has also been updated to version 2.7.4.
Solution
Solution
Update the affected packages to the latest available version.