Executive Summary



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Summary
Title Git vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-4329-1 First vendor Publication 2020-04-14
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2020-04-14
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Overall CVSS Score 7.5
Base Score 7.5 Environmental Score 7.5
impact SubScore 3.6 Temporal Score 7.5
Exploitabality Sub Score 3.9
 
Attack Vector Network Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact None Availability Impact None
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 19.10 - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

Git could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description: - git: fast, scalable, distributed revision control system

Details:

Felix Wilhelm discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain URLs that included newlines. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to trick Git into returning credential information for a wrong host.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 19.10:
git 1:2.20.1-2ubuntu1.19.10.2

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
git 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.6

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
git 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.8

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4329-1
CVE-2020-5260

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/git/1:2.20.1-2ubuntu1.19.10.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/git/1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.6
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/git/1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.8

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-4329-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 164
Application 631
Os 3
Os 3
Os 3
Os 1

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Date Informations
2024-11-12 21:10:56
  • First insertion