USN-5871-2

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    USN-5871-2

    Published: 2 Mar 2023Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: git regression

    Details: 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)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5871-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-22490, https://launchpad.net/bugs/2008277

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: git

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/git@1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.17?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.17

    Affected versions

    1:2.14.1-1ubuntu4

    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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