USN-5871-2: Git regression
Severity
Medium
Vendor
VMware Tanzu
Versions Affected
- Canonical Ubuntu 18.04
Description
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) Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-5871-2` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: git - 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.17 gitweb - 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.17 git-all - 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.17 git-daemon-sysvinit - 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.17 git-el - 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.17 gitk - 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.17 git-gui - 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.17 git-mediawiki - 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.17 git-daemon-run - 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.17 git-man - 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.17 git-doc - 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.17 git-svn - 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.17 git-cvs - 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.17 git-email - 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.17 No subscription required
CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2023-22490
Affected VMware Products and Versions
Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.
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Platform Automation Toolkit
- 4.4.x versions prior to 4.4.31
- 5.0.x versions prior to 5.0.24
- 5.1.x versions prior to 5.1.1
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Isolation Segment
- 2.11.x versions prior to 2.11.30
- 2.12.x versions prior to 2.12.20
- 2.13.x versions prior to 2.13.15
- 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.8
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VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
- 2.11.x versions prior to 2.11.36
- 2.12.x versions prior to 2.12.25
- 2.13.x versions prior to 2.13.18
- 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.8
Mitigation
Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigation below. On the Tanzu Network product page for each release, check the Depends On section and/or Release Notes for this information. Releases that have fixed this issue include:
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Platform Automation Toolkit
- 4.4.31
- 5.0.24
- 5.1.1
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Isolation Segment
- 2.11.30
- 2.12.20
- 2.13.15
- 3.0.8
- 4.0.0+LTS-T
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VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
- 2.11.36
- 2.12.25
- 2.13.18
- 3.0.8
- 4.0.0+LTS-T
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-22490
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5871-2
- https://cloudfoundry.org/blog/usn-5871-2
History
2023-05-22: Initial vulnerability report published.