USN-6050-1: Git vulnerabilities
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6050-1
May 01, 2023
git vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 23.04
- Ubuntu 22.10
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in Git.
Software Description:
- git: fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
Details:
It was discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain commands.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to overwriting some paths.
(CVE-2023-25652)
Maxime Escourbiac and Yassine BENGANA discovered that Git incorrectly
handled some gettext machinery. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to allows the malicious placement of crafted messages. (CVE-2023-25815)
André Baptista and Vítor Pinho discovered that Git incorrectly handled
certain configurations. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to arbitrary configuration injection. (CVE-2023-29007)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 23.04:
git 1:2.39.2-1ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 22.10:
git 1:2.37.2-1ubuntu1.5
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
git 1:2.34.1-1ubuntu1.9
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
git 1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.11
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
git 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.18
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6050-1
CVE-2023-25652, CVE-2023-25815, CVE-2023-29007
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/git/1:2.39.2-1ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/git/1:2.37.2-1ubuntu1.5
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/git/1:2.34.1-1ubuntu1.9
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/git/1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.11
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/git/1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.18
A Git security update has been released for Ubuntu Linux.18.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS, 22.04 LTS, 22.10, and 23.04.
