Ubuntu 23.04 USN-6050-1 Critical: Git Command Handling Flaws

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May 1, 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 commands.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to overwriting some paths.

(CVE-2023-25652)

Maxime Escourbiac and Yassine BENGANA discovered that Git incorrectly

handled some gettext machinery. An attacker could possibly use this issue

to allows the malicious placement of crafted messages. (CVE-2023-25815)

André Baptista and Vítor Pinho discovered that Git incorrectly handled

certain configurations. An attacker could possibly use this issue

to arbitrary configuration injection. (CVE-2023-29007)

Topics Covered

security advisory ubuntu command issue git configuration injection

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.04:
  git                             1:2.39.2-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 22.10:
  git                             1:2.37.2-1ubuntu1.5

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
  git                             1:2.34.1-1ubuntu1.9

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  git                             1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.11

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  git                             1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.18

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