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Debian 10 Buster DLA-3742-1 Moderate: Libgit2 Heap Corruption Threat

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Calendar Grey February 27, 2024
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Debian LTS Advisory DLA-5748-2 resolves an integer overflow vulnerability in libcurl, which may lead to unauthorized access to system resources.
A vulnerability was discovered in libgit2, a portable C implementation of the Git core methods provided as a linkable library
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Summary

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version
0.27.7+dfsg.1-0.2+deb10u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libgit2 packages.

For the detailed security status of libgit2 please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/libgit2

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS


Package: libgit2
Version: 0.27.7+dfsg.1-0.2+deb10u2
CVE ID: CVE-2024-24577
Debian Bug: 1063416

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security advisory security issue heap corruption code execution debian arbitrary code libgit2

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