USN-5686-4: Git vulnerability

24158

22 May 2023

22 May 2023

CLOSED

MEDIUM

CVE-2022-39253

Severity

medium

Vendor

VMware Tanzu

Versions Affected

  • Canonical Ubuntu 16.04

Description

USN-5686-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Git. This update provides the corresponding fix for CVE-2022-39253 on Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Cory Snider discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain symbolic links. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause an unexpected behaviour. Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-5686-4` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: git - 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.10+esm6 git-all - 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.10+esm6 git-arch - 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.10+esm6 git-core - 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.10+esm6 git-cvs - 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.10+esm6 git-daemon-run - 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.10+esm6 git-daemon-sysvinit - 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.10+esm6 git-doc - 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.10+esm6 git-el - 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.10+esm6 git-email - 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.10+esm6 git-gui - 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.10+esm6 git-man - 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.10+esm6 git-mediawiki - 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.10+esm6 git-svn - 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.10+esm6 gitk - 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.10+esm6 gitweb - 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.10+esm6 Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2022-39253

Affected VMware Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

  • Operations Manager
    • 2.10.x versions prior to 2.10.56

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:
  • Operations Manager
    • 2.10.56

References

History

2023-05-22: Initial vulnerability report published.