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A git security update has been released for Fedora 36.



SECURITY: Fedora 36 Update: git-2.39.1-1.fc36


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2023-746c4aacce
2023-01-21 03:40:23.183637
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Name : git
Product : Fedora 36
Version : 2.39.1
Release : 1.fc36
URL :   https://git-scm.com/
Summary : Fast Version Control System
Description :
Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an
unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations
and full access to internals.

The git rpm installs common set of tools which are usually using with
small amount of dependencies. To install all git packages, including
tools for integrating with other SCMs, install the git-all meta-package.

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Update Information:

Update to 2.39.1 (CVE-2022-41903, CVE-2022-23521) Refer to the [upstream
release
notes](  https://github.com/git/git/raw/v2.39.1/Documentation/RelNotes/2.30.7.txt)
and the security advisories ([CVE-2022-
41903](  https://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-475x-2q3q-hvwq),
[CVE-2022-23521](  https://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-c738-c5qq-
xg89)) for details.
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ChangeLog:

* Tue Jan 17 2023 Todd Zullinger - 2.39.1-1
- update to 2.39.1 (CVE-2022-41903, CVE-2022-23521)
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #2162055 - CVE-2022-23521 git: gitattributes parsing integer overflow
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2162055
[ 2 ] Bug #2162056 - CVE-2022-41903 git: Heap overflow in `git archive`, `git log --format` leading to RCE
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2162056
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2023-746c4aacce' at the command
line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
  http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
  https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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