Ubuntu Security Notice 6050-1 - It was discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain commands. An attacker could possibly use this issue to overwriting some paths. 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. Andre Baptista and Vitor Pinho discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain configurations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to arbitrary configuration injection.
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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