From 4cd1cf31efed9b16db5035c377bfa222f5272458 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2019 22:33:15 +0100 Subject: Git 2.20.2 Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin --- Documentation/RelNotes/2.20.2.txt | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/RelNotes/2.20.2.txt (limited to 'Documentation/RelNotes') diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.20.2.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.20.2.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8e680cb9fb --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.20.2.txt @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +Git v2.20.2 Release Notes +========================= + +This release merges up the fixes that appear in v2.14.6, v2.15.4 +and in v2.17.3, addressing the security issues CVE-2019-1348, +CVE-2019-1349, CVE-2019-1350, CVE-2019-1351, CVE-2019-1352, +CVE-2019-1353, CVE-2019-1354, and CVE-2019-1387; see the release notes +for those versions for details. + +The change to disallow `submodule..update=!command` entries in +`.gitmodules` which was introduced v2.15.4 (and for which v2.17.3 +added explicit fsck checks) fixes the vulnerability in v2.20.x where a +recursive clone followed by a submodule update could execute code +contained within the repository without the user explicitly having +asked for that (CVE-2019-19604). + +Credit for finding this vulnerability goes to Joern Schneeweisz, +credit for the fixes goes to Jonathan Nieder. -- cgit v1.3