USN-7207-1: Git vulnerabilities

14 January 2025

Several security issues were fixed in Git.

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Packages

  • git - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system

Details

It was discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain URLs when
asking for credentials. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to mislead the user into typing passwords for trusted
sites that would then be sent to untrusted sites instead.
(CVE-2024-50349)

It was discovered that git incorrectly handled line endings when
using credential helpers. (CVE-2024-52006)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.10
Ubuntu 24.04
Ubuntu 22.04

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

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