USN-6793-1: Git vulnerabilities

Severity

Medium

Vendor

Canonical Ubuntu

Description

It was discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain submodules. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue was fixed in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 23.10 and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-32002) It was discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain cloned repositories. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-32004) It was discovered that Git incorrectly handled local clones with hardlinked files/directories. An attacker could possibly use this issue to place a specialized repository on their target’s local system. (CVE-2024-32020) It was discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain symlinks. An attacker could possibly use this issue to impact availability and integrity creating hardlinked arbitrary files into users repository’s objects/directory. (CVE-2024-32021) It was discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain cloned repositories. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-32465) Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-6793-1` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: git – 1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.12 git-all – 1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.12 git-cvs – 1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.12 git-daemon-run – 1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.12 git-daemon-sysvinit – 1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.12 git-doc – 1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.12 git-el – 1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.12 git-email – 1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.12 git-gui – 1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.12 git-man – 1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.12 git-mediawiki – 1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.12 git-svn – 1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.12 gitk – 1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.12 gitweb – 1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.12 No subscription required

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2024-32002, CVE-2024-32004, CVE-2024-32020, CVE-2024-32021, CVE-2024-32465.

Affected Cloud Foundry Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

• cflinuxfs4
  • All versions prior to 1.99.0
• CF Deployment
  • All versions prior to 41.0.0

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigations below.

The Cloud Foundry project recommends upgrading the following releases:

• cflinuxfs4
  • Upgrade all versions to 1.99.0 or greater
• CF Deployment
  • Upgrade all versions to 41.0.0 or greater

History

2024-07-25: Initial vulnerability report published.