B.26. git
Updated git packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) associated with each description below.
Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system.
- CVE-2010-3906
- A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in gitweb, a simple web interface for Git repositories. A remote attacker could perform an XSS attack against victims by tricking them into visiting a specially-crafted gitweb URL.
All gitweb users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.