MGASA-2022-0396 - Updated git packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 28 Oct 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0396.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE-2022-39253,
     CVE-2022-39260,
     CVE-2022-29187

CVE-2022-39253: A malicious actor could convince a victim to clone a
repository with a symbolic link pointing at sensitive information on the
victim's machine.
CVE-2022-39260: Allowing a malicious actor to intentionally overflow the
return value, leading to arbitrary heap writes.
CVE-2022-29187: privilege escalation

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30985
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.30.6.txt
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-39253
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-39260
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-29187

SRPMS:
- 8/core/git-2.30.6-1.mga8

Mageia 2022-0396: git security update

CVE-2022-39253: A malicious actor could convince a victim to clone a repository with a symbolic link pointing at sensitive information on the victim's machine

Summary

CVE-2022-39253: A malicious actor could convince a victim to clone a repository with a symbolic link pointing at sensitive information on the victim's machine. CVE-2022-39260: Allowing a malicious actor to intentionally overflow the return value, leading to arbitrary heap writes. CVE-2022-29187: privilege escalation