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High RHSA-2023:2859 4 CVEs

Red Hat Security Advisory: git security and bug fix update

Published Sep 16, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 20

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream git 0:2.39.1-1.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream git-all 0:2.39.1-1.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream git-core 0:2.39.1-1.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream git-core-debuginfo 0:2.39.1-1.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream git-core-doc 0:2.39.1-1.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream git-credential-libsecret 0:2.39.1-1.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream git-credential-libsecret-debuginfo 0:2.39.1-1.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream git-daemon 0:2.39.1-1.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream git-daemon-debuginfo 0:2.39.1-1.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream git-debuginfo 0:2.39.1-1.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream git-debugsource 0:2.39.1-1.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream git-email 0:2.39.1-1.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream git-gui 0:2.39.1-1.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream git-instaweb 0:2.39.1-1.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream git-subtree 0:2.39.1-1.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream git-svn 0:2.39.1-1.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream gitk 0:2.39.1-1.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream gitweb 0:2.39.1-1.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream perl-Git 0:2.39.1-1.el8
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream perl-Git-SVN 0:2.39.1-1.el8

Vulnerabilities 4

  • High 8.5
    CVE-2022-39260

    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…

    git git git git Debian Ubuntu Alpine Wolfi
  • High 7.8
    CVE-2022-29187

    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 …

    git git git git Debian Ubuntu Alpine
  • 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`, …

    git-for-windows git git git Debian Ubuntu Alpine
  • 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…

    git git git git Debian Ubuntu Alpine Wolfi

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.8_release_notes/index
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2073414
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2107439
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2137422
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2137423
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2139378
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2023/rhsa-2023_2859.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-24765
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24765
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24765
  • article
    https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-vw2c-22j4-2fh2
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-29187
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-29187
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29187
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-39253
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-39253
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39253
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-39260
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-39260
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39260