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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 / 24.04 LTS : Git vulnerabilities (USN-6793-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 198042

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6793-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain submodules. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue was fixed in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 23.10 and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-32002)

 It was discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain cloned repositories. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-32004)

 It was discovered that Git incorrectly handled local clones with hardlinked files/directories. An attacker could possibly use this issue to place a specialized repository on their target's local system.
 (CVE-2024-32020)

 It was discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain symlinks. An attacker could possibly use this issue to impact availability and integrity creating hardlinked arbitrary files into users repository's objects/directory. (CVE-2024-32021)

 It was discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain cloned repositories. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-32465)

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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6793-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 198042

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6793-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/28/2024

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-32002

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-el, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-all, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-daemon-sysvinit, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-cvs, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-email, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-gui, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-daemon-run, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-svn, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gitk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-man, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gitweb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-mediawiki

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/28/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-32002, CVE-2024-32004, CVE-2024-32020, CVE-2024-32021, CVE-2024-32465

USN: 6793-1