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Medium USN-5871-2 1 CVE

git regression

Published Mar 2, 2023 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

USN-5871-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Git. A backport fixing
part of the vulnerability in CVE-2023-22490 was required.
This update fix this for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain repositories.
An attacker could use this issue to make Git uses its local
clone optimization even when using a non-local transport.
(CVE-2023-22490)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS git 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.17

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Medium 5.5
    CVE-2023-22490 Public exploit

    Git vulnerable to local clone-based data exfiltration with non-local transports

    Git is a revision control system. Using a specially-crafted repository, Git prior to versions 2.39.2, 2.38.4, 2.37.6, 2.36.5, 2.35.7, 2.34.7, 2.33.7, 2.32.6, 2.31.7, and 2.30.8 can be tricked into using its local clone optimization even when using a non-local…

    git git git git Debian Ubuntu Alpine Wolfi

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-22490
  • report
    https://launchpad.net/bugs/2008277