From c42c0f12972194564f039dcf580d89ca14ae72d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Junio C Hamano Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 13:23:48 -0700 Subject: Git 2.17.4 Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/RelNotes/2.17.4.txt | 16 ++++++++++++++++ GIT-VERSION-GEN | 2 +- RelNotes | 2 +- 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 Documentation/RelNotes/2.17.4.txt diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.17.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.17.4.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7d794ca01a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.17.4.txt @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +Git v2.17.4 Release Notes +========================= + +This release is to address the security issue: CVE-2020-5260 + +Fixes since v2.17.3 +------------------- + + * With a crafted URL that contains a newline in it, the credential + helper machinery can be fooled to give credential information for + a wrong host. The attack has been made impossible by forbidding + a newline character in any value passed via the credential + protocol. + +Credit for finding the vulnerability goes to Felix Wilhelm of Google +Project Zero. diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN index bd6cd16e3d..cdb21b3311 100755 --- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN +++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ #!/bin/sh GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE -DEF_VER=v2.17.3 +DEF_VER=v2.17.4 LF=' ' diff --git a/RelNotes b/RelNotes index d14bdb5eda..196ab8077e 120000 --- a/RelNotes +++ b/RelNotes @@ -1 +1 @@ -Documentation/RelNotes/2.17.3.txt \ No newline at end of file +Documentation/RelNotes/2.17.4.txt \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3