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Critical RHSA-2020:3581 2 CVEs

Red Hat Security Advisory: git security update

Published Sep 13, 2024 · Updated Jun 29, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 38

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::computenode emacs-git 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::computenode emacs-git-el 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::computenode git 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::computenode git-all 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::computenode git-bzr 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::computenode git-cvs 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::computenode git-daemon 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::computenode git-debuginfo 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::computenode git-email 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::computenode git-gnome-keyring 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::computenode git-gui 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::computenode git-hg 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::computenode git-instaweb 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::computenode git-p4 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::computenode git-svn 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::computenode gitk 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::computenode gitweb 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::computenode perl-Git 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::computenode perl-Git-SVN 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::server emacs-git 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::server emacs-git-el 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::server git 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::server git-all 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::server git-bzr 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::server git-cvs 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::server git-daemon 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::server git-debuginfo 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::server git-email 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::server git-gnome-keyring 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::server git-gui 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::server git-hg 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::server git-instaweb 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::server git-p4 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::server git-svn 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::server gitk 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::server gitweb 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::server perl-Git 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7
Red Hat · RHEL 7.7 EUS rhel_eus:7.7::server perl-Git-SVN 0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_7

Vulnerabilities 2

  • Critical 9.3
    CVE-2020-5260 Public exploit EPSS 15%

    malicious URLs may cause Git to present stored credentials to the wrong server

    Affected versions of Git have a vulnerability whereby Git can be tricked into sending private credentials to a host controlled by an attacker. Git uses external "credential helper" programs to store and retrieve passwords or other credentials from secure stor…

    git git git git Debian Ubuntu Alpine
  • Medium 4.0
    CVE-2020-11008

    Malicious URLs can still cause Git to send a stored credential to the wrong server

    Affected versions of Git have a vulnerability whereby Git can be tricked into sending private credentials to a host controlled by an attacker. This bug is similar to CVE-2020-5260(GHSA-qm7j-c969-7j4q). The fix for that bug still left the door open for an expl…

    git git git git Debian Ubuntu Alpine

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1822020
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1826001
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2020/rhsa-2020_3581.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-5260
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5260
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5260
  • article
    https://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-qm7j-c969-7j4q
  • article
    https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqy2qy7xn8.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com/
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-11008
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11008
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11008
  • article
    https://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-hjc9-x69f-jqj7
  • article
    https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqq4kterq5s.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com/