A git security update has been released for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue.

slackware-security: git (SSA:2020-112-01)

New git packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to
fix a security issue.

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/git-2.17.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes a security issue:
With a crafted URL that contains a newline or empty host, or lacks
a scheme, the credential helper machinery can be fooled into
providing credential information that is not appropriate for the
protocol in use and host being contacted.
Unlike the vulnerability CVE-2020-5260 fixed in v2.17.4, the
credentials are not for a host of the attacker's choosing; instead,
they are for some unspecified host (based on how the configured
credential helper handles an absent "host" parameter).
For more information, see:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-11008
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
( http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/git-2.17.5-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/git-2.17.5-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/git-2.17.5-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/git-2.17.5-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/git-2.17.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/git-2.17.5-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/d/git-2.26.2-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/d/git-2.26.2-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.0 package:
558c3fb44c4b314f7da5c3c807eeecc0 git-2.17.5-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
bea3f89056978279971e2c5a98321459 git-2.17.5-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
35ca91631aa102f23a8ceac0ace0d574 git-2.17.5-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
0a75156767ea9ff4f0e9d5f965527f52 git-2.17.5-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
ca39eba5ffe65eef6151f5118c7da317 git-2.17.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
516cf56c833774225eb352c7d1ab0392 git-2.17.5-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
450a483052c7b3e779bb0519fbb02638 d/git-2.26.2-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
08382f2cb3766063aadabf3c3d36c602 d/git-2.26.2-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg git-2.17.5-i586-1_slack14.2.txz