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

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  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2018-17456

Mitre: CVE-2018-17456