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Medium ELSA-2023-2859 4 CVEs

Moderate: git security and bug fix update (Oracle Linux 8)

Published May 23, 2023 · Updated May 23, 2023

Fixed packages 15

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 8 git 0:2.39.1-1.el8
Oracle Linux · 8 git-all 0:2.39.1-1.el8
Oracle Linux · 8 git-core 0:2.39.1-1.el8
Oracle Linux · 8 git-core-doc 0:2.39.1-1.el8
Oracle Linux · 8 git-credential-libsecret 0:2.39.1-1.el8
Oracle Linux · 8 git-daemon 0:2.39.1-1.el8
Oracle Linux · 8 git-email 0:2.39.1-1.el8
Oracle Linux · 8 git-gui 0:2.39.1-1.el8
Oracle Linux · 8 git-instaweb 0:2.39.1-1.el8
Oracle Linux · 8 git-subtree 0:2.39.1-1.el8
Oracle Linux · 8 git-svn 0:2.39.1-1.el8
Oracle Linux · 8 gitk 0:2.39.1-1.el8
Oracle Linux · 8 gitweb 0:2.39.1-1.el8
Oracle Linux · 8 perl-Git 0:2.39.1-1.el8
Oracle Linux · 8 perl-Git-SVN 0:2.39.1-1.el8

Vulnerabilities 4

  • High 8.5

    Git vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via Heap overflow in `git shell`

    Git is an open source, scalable, distributed revision control system. `git shell` is a restricted login shell that can be used to implement Git's push/pull functionality via SSH. In versions prior to 2.30.6, 2.31.5, 2.32.4, 2.33.5, 2.34.5, 2.35.5, 2.36.3, and…

  • High 7.8

    Bypass of safe.directory protections in Git

    Git is a distributed revision control system. Git prior to versions 2.37.1, 2.36.2, 2.35.4, 2.34.4, 2.33.4, 2.32.3, 2.31.4, and 2.30.5, is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all platforms. An unsuspecting user could still be affected by the issue reported …

  • Medium 6.0
    CVE-2022-24765 Public exploit

    Uncontrolled search for the Git directory in Git for Windows

    Git for Windows is a fork of Git containing Windows-specific patches. This vulnerability affects users working on multi-user machines, where untrusted parties have write access to the same hard disk. Those untrusted parties could create the folder `C:\.git`, …

  • Medium 5.5
    CVE-2022-39253 Public exploit

    Git subject to exposure of sensitive information via local clone of symbolic links

    Git is an open source, scalable, distributed revision control system. Versions prior to 2.30.6, 2.31.5, 2.32.4, 2.33.5, 2.34.5, 2.35.5, 2.36.3, and 2.37.4 are subject to exposure of sensitive information to a malicious actor. When performing a local clone (wh…