users Future hosting, a specialized VPS hosting and dedicated server hosting provider, has warning against the Git version control system Git update clients and servers as soon as possible.
recently discovered vulnerabilities in the application, which was disclosed last month (CVE-2016-2315, CVE-2016-2324) set Git repositories at the risk of the execution of remote code vulnerability that could allow an attacker to compromise the servers used to control the source.
as the server hosting provider for developers and Git users, Future Hosting is concerned that the vulnerabilities have not been widely publicized, leaving many vulnerable developers and projects.
vulnerabilities are present in the 2.x Git, 1.9, and 1.7 branches . Git users should immediately update servers and Git customers using their Linux distribution package manager. Most major distributions, including CentOS, have now patched versions in their repository.
"Future Hosting provides managed hosting services for thousands of developers and software projects, with both self-hosted Git repositories and hosting plans BitBucket SaaS," said Maulesh Patel, Vice President of operations at Future Hosting "We want to ensure that the developers are aware of potential risks and are updated every Git clients and servers as soon as possible."
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Git is used by millions of developers and, since its initial release by the creator of Linux, Linus Torvalds, has become the de facto standard for 'open source version control. Many popular open source and proprietary software projects use Github. Any exploitable vulnerability could put the projects at risk.
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