Important: git

Issue Overview:

In Git before 2.13.7, 2.14.x before 2.14.4, 2.15.x before 2.15.2, 2.16.x before 2.16.4, and 2.17.x before 2.17.1, code to sanity-check pathnames on NTFS can result in reading out-of-bounds memory.(CVE-2018-11233)

In Git before 2.13.7, 2.14.x before 2.14.4, 2.15.x before 2.15.2, 2.16.x before 2.16.4, and 2.17.x before 2.17.1, remote code execution can occur. With a crafted .gitmodules file, a malicious project can execute an arbitrary script on a machine that runs “git clone --recurse-submodules” because submodule “names” are obtained from this file, and then appended to $GIT_DIR/modules, leading to directory traversal with “…/” in a name. Finally, post-checkout hooks from a submodule are executed, bypassing the intended design in which hooks are not obtained from a remote server.(CVE-2018-11235)

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:

noarch:  
    git-all-2.14.4-1.amzn2.noarch  
    gitweb-2.14.4-1.amzn2.noarch  
    git-p4-2.14.4-1.amzn2.noarch  
    git-cvs-2.14.4-1.amzn2.noarch  
    git-email-2.14.4-1.amzn2.noarch  
    git-gui-2.14.4-1.amzn2.noarch  
    gitk-2.14.4-1.amzn2.noarch  
    perl-Git-2.14.4-1.amzn2.noarch  
    perl-Git-SVN-2.14.4-1.amzn2.noarch  
  
src:  
    git-2.14.4-1.amzn2.src  
  
x86_64:  
    git-2.14.4-1.amzn2.x86_64  
    git-core-2.14.4-1.amzn2.x86_64  
    git-core-doc-2.14.4-1.amzn2.x86_64  
    git-daemon-2.14.4-1.amzn2.x86_64  
    git-svn-2.14.4-1.amzn2.x86_64  
    git-gnome-keyring-2.14.4-1.amzn2.x86_64  
    git-debuginfo-2.14.4-1.amzn2.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2018-11233, CVE-2018-11235

Mitre: CVE-2018-11233, CVE-2018-11235