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Ubuntu: USN-4220-1 (CVE-2019-19604): Git vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4220-1 (CVE-2019-19604): Git vulnerabilities

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/10/2019
Created
12/13/2019
Added
12/11/2019
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

Arbitrary command execution is possible in Git before 2.20.2, 2.21.x before 2.21.1, 2.22.x before 2.22.2, 2.23.x before 2.23.1, and 2.24.x before 2.24.1 because a "git submodule update" operation can run commands found in the .gitmodules file of a malicious repository.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-git

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