USN-5871-1

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    USN-5871-1

    Published: 14 Feb 2023Last Modified: 25 Jun 2026

    Summary: git vulnerabilities

    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) Joern Schneeweisz discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain commands. An attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite a patch outside the working tree. (CVE-2023-23946)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5871-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-22490, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-23946

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: git

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/git?arch=source&distro=esm-infra%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.10+esm5

    Affected versions

    1:2.5.0-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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