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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: USN-7626-2 moderate: git regression issues

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Calendar Grey July 9, 2025
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An issue in Git arose due to USN-7626-1 affecting various versions of Ubuntu LTS, presenting a medium degree of severity.
USN-7626-1 introduced a regression in Git.

Summary

USN-7626-1 introduced a regression in Git.

Software Description:

- git: fast, scalable, distributed revision control system

Details:

USN-7626-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Git. The update introduced a regression

in gitk and git-gui. This update reverts the corresponding fixes for

CVE-2025-27613 and CVE-2025-46835 pending further investigation.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

 Avi Halachmi discovered that Git incorrectly managed file modification

 constraints with Gitk. An attacker could possibly use this issue to create

 or write to arbitrary files on the system. (CVE-2025-27613)

 Avi Halachmi discovered that Git incorrectly handled arguments when

 invoking the Gitk utility. If a user were tricked into cloning a malicious

 Git repository, an attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary

 commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.10, and

 Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2025-27614)

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   git-gui                         1:2.34.1-1ubuntu1.14
   gitk                            1:2.34.1-1ubuntu1.14

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   git-gui                         1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.14+esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   gitk                            1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.14+esm2
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
   git-gui                         1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.18+esm3
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   gitk                            1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.18+esm3
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
   git-gui                         1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.10+esm10
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   gitk                            1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.10+esm10
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7626-2

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7626-1

  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/git/+bug/2116251

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7626-2

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Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/git/1:2.34.1-1ubuntu1.14

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