MGASA-2016-0119

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    MGASA-2016-0119

    Published: 25 Mar 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated git packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: 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.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0119.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18013, https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.0.txt, https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.0.txt, https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.6.0.txt, https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.6.2.txt, https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.6.3.txt, https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.6.4.txt, https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.0.txt, https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.1.txt, https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.2.txt, https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.3.txt, https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.4.txt, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1317981, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/5, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/16/9

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: git

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/git?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.7.4-1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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