Important: git

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

Issue Correction:
Run yum update git to update your system.

New Packages:

i686:  
    git-debuginfo-2.14.5-1.59.amzn1.i686  
    git-svn-2.14.5-1.59.amzn1.i686  
    git-daemon-2.14.5-1.59.amzn1.i686  
    git-2.14.5-1.59.amzn1.i686  
  
noarch:  
    git-p4-2.14.5-1.59.amzn1.noarch  
    git-email-2.14.5-1.59.amzn1.noarch  
    perl-Git-SVN-2.14.5-1.59.amzn1.noarch  
    git-hg-2.14.5-1.59.amzn1.noarch  
    emacs-git-2.14.5-1.59.amzn1.noarch  
    emacs-git-el-2.14.5-1.59.amzn1.noarch  
    git-all-2.14.5-1.59.amzn1.noarch  
    perl-Git-2.14.5-1.59.amzn1.noarch  
    git-bzr-2.14.5-1.59.amzn1.noarch  
    git-cvs-2.14.5-1.59.amzn1.noarch  
    gitweb-2.14.5-1.59.amzn1.noarch  
  
src:  
    git-2.14.5-1.59.amzn1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    git-daemon-2.14.5-1.59.amzn1.x86_64  
    git-svn-2.14.5-1.59.amzn1.x86_64  
    git-2.14.5-1.59.amzn1.x86_64  
    git-debuginfo-2.14.5-1.59.amzn1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2018-17456

Mitre: CVE-2018-17456