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-5810-1 advisory.

    Markus Vervier and Eric Sesterhenn discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain gitattributes. An     attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-23521)

    Joern Schneeweisz discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain commands. An attacker could possibly use     this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-41903)

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-5810-1)

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