The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5686-1 advisory.

    Cory Snider discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain symbolic links. An attacker could possibly use     this issue to cause an unexpected behaviour. (CVE-2022-39253)

    Kevin Backhouse discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain command strings. An attacker could     possibly use this issue to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2022-39260)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Git vulnerabilities (USN-5686-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 166262

Version 1.4