Ubuntu 22.10 Advisory USN-5871-1: Git Threats Addressed

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February 14, 2023

Several security issues were fixed in Git.

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 repositories.

An attacker could use this issue to make Git uses its local

clone optimization even when using a non-local transport.

(CVE-2023-22490)

Joern Schneeweisz discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain commands.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite a patch outside

the working tree. (CVE-2023-23946)

Topics Covered

security advisory update threat Ubuntu issue vulnerability git

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 22.10:
  git                             1:2.37.2-1ubuntu1.4

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
  git                             1:2.34.1-1ubuntu1.8

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  git                             1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.10

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  git                             1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.16

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
  git                             1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.10+esm5

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.