git: Remote code execution in recursive clones with nested submodules

A flaw was discovered where git improperly validates submodules' names used to construct git metadata paths and does not prevent them from being nested in existing directories used to store another submodule's metadata. A remote attacker could abuse this flaw to trick a victim user into cloning a...

Fedora 25 : git (2017-8ba7572cfd)

Resolve an arbitrary code execution vulnerability via crafted 'ssh://' URL CVE-2017-1000117. From the release announcement : A malicious third-party can give a crafted 'ssh://...' URL to an unsuspecting victim, and an attempt to visit the URL can result in any program that exists on the victim's...