Fedora 39: FEDORA-2024-8cb499926g Important: libgit2 Vulnerabilities Fixed
fedora
February 20, 2024
Update the git2 crate to version 0.18.2
Summary
Native bindings to the libgit2 library.
Update Information:
Update the git2 crate to version 0.18.2. Update the libgit2-sys crate to version 0.16.2. Version 0.16.2 of the libgit2-sys crate includes an update of the bundled copy of libgit2 to version 1.7.2 to address CVE-2024-24575 and CVE-2024-24577. Since the libgit2 bindings cause applications that use them to statically link libgit2, this update also includes rebuilds of all affected applications.
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Tue Feb 13 2024 Fabio Valentini
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2263100 - TRIAGE CVE-2024-24577 rust-libgit2-sys: libgit2: arbitrary code execution due to heap corruption in git_index_add [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2263100
[ 2 ] Bug #2263105 - TRIAGE CVE-2024-24575 rust-libgit2-sys: libgit2: potential infiniate loop condition in git_revparse_single [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2263105
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-8ba389815f' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html
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Name: rust-libgit2-sys
Product: Fedora 39
Version: 0.16.2
Release: 1.fc39
URL: Summary : Native bindings to the libgit2 library
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