USN-8628-1

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USN-8628-1

Summary: libgit2 vulnerabilities

Details: It was discovered that libgit2 incorrectly handled the Git Smart Protocol. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-10128) It was discovered that libgit2 incorrectly handled empty packet lines in the Git Smart Protocol. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-10129) It was discovered that libgit2 incorrectly handled error reporting in the HTTP transport. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to spoof servers. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-10130) It was discovered that libgit2 incorrectly handled certain crafted "ng" packets. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-15501) Krishna Ram Prakash R and Vivek Parikh discovered that libgit2 incorrectly handled certain repository index files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-8098) Krishna Ram Prakash R and Vivek Parikh discovered that libgit2 incorrectly handled certain repository index files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-8099) Michał Majchrowicz and Marcin Wyczechowski discovered that libgit2 incorrectly handled submodule paths. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to write files outside the working tree. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-53584) Michał Majchrowicz and Marcin Wyczechowski discovered that libgit2 incorrectly handled delta object result-size headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libgit2 to consume excessive memory, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2026-53585) Thai Son Dinh discovered that libgit2 incorrectly handled HTTP redirects. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to leak credentials to an offsite redirect target. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-53586) It was discovered that libgit2 incorrectly handled certain capability buffers in the smart protocol. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-53587)

References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8628-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10128, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10129, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10130, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-8098, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-8099, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-15501, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-53584, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-53585, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-53586, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-53587