[SECURITY] Fedora EPEL 5 Update: cgit-0.8.2.1-4.el5

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Wed Oct 13 05:55:03 UTC 2010


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Fedora EPEL Update Notification
FEDORA-EPEL-2010-3431
2010-09-28 18:07:22
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Name        : cgit
Product     : Fedora EPEL 5
Version     : 0.8.2.1
Release     : 4.el5
URL         : http://hjemli.net/git/cgit/
Summary     : A fast webinterface for git
Description :
This is an attempt to create a fast web interface for the git scm,
using a builtin cache to decrease server io-pressure.

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Update Information:

This fixes a security issue where a special crafted .git file could cause arbitrary code execution (CVE-2010-2542).
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #618108 - CVE-2010-2542 Git: Arbitrary code execution via specially-crafted .git file
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=618108
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update programs.  Use
su -c 'yum update cgit' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

All packages are signed with the Fedora EPEL 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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