Fedora 40 Update: Critical Fix for git-lfs Credential Theft Issue in 2025
fedora
January 24, 2025
Update to latest version Fix CVE-2024-53263
Summary
Git Large File Storage (LFS) replaces large files such as audio samples,
videos, datasets, and graphics with text pointers inside Git, while
storing the file contents on a remote server.
Update Information:
Update to latest version Fix CVE-2024-53263
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Wed Jan 15 2025 Elliott Sales de Andrade
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2338002 - CVE-2024-53263 git-lfs: Git LFS permits exfiltration of credentials via crafted HTTP URLs
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2338002
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2025-50deb0acd5' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
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Name: git-lfs
Product: Fedora 40
Version: 3.6.1
Release: 1.fc40
URL: https://git-lfs.com/
Summary: Git extension for versioning large files
Topics Covered
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