Slackware 1129 Published by

A git security update has been released for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0, and -current.



slackware-security: git (SSA:2023-018-01)



[slackware-security] git (SSA:2023-018-01)

New git packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 15.0,
and -current to fix security issues.

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/git-2.35.6-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This release fixes two security issues:
* CVE-2022-41903:
git log has the ability to display commits using an arbitrary
format with its --format specifiers. This functionality is also
exposed to git archive via the export-subst gitattribute.
When processing the padding operators (e.g., %>(, or %>