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diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.17.4.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.17.4.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..7d794ca01af2 --- /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. |