1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5810-1

USN-5810-1: Git vulnerabilities

Publication date

17 January 2023

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Git.

Releases

Packages

  • git - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system

Details

Markus Vervier and Eric Sesterhenn discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain
gitattributes. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash
or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-23521)

Joern Schneeweisz discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain commands.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-41903)

Markus Vervier and Eric Sesterhenn discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain
gitattributes. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash
or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-23521)

Joern Schneeweisz discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain commands.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-41903)

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
22.10 kinetic git –  1:2.37.2-1ubuntu1.2
22.04 jammy git –  1:2.34.1-1ubuntu1.6
20.04 focal git –  1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.7
18.04 bionic git –  1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.14

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