USN-5871-2: Git regression

Releases

• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM

Packages

• git - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system

Details

USN-5871-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Git. A backport fixing
part of the vulnerability in CVE-2023-22490 was required.
This update fix this for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory 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)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04

• git - 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.17

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

References

• CVE-2023-22490
• https://launchpad.net/bugs/2008277

Related notices

• USN-5871-1: git-arch, git-man, git-mediawiki, git-svn, git-core, git-email, git-all, git, git-daemon-run, git-daemon-sysvinit, git-el, git-gui, gitk, git-cvs, git-doc, gitweb