[USN-7207-1] Git vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7207-1
January 14, 2025

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

- Ubuntu 24.10
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Git.

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

Details:

It was discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain URLs when
asking for credentials. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to mislead the user into typing passwords for trusted
sites that would then be sent to untrusted sites instead.
(CVE-2024-50349)

It was discovered that git incorrectly handled line endings when
using credential helpers. (CVE-2024-52006)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 24.10
git 1:2.45.2-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
git 1:2.43.0-1ubuntu7.2

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
git 1:2.34.1-1ubuntu1.12

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

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7207-1
CVE-2024-50349, CVE-2024-52006

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/git/1:2.45.2-1ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/git/1:2.43.0-1ubuntu7.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/git/1:2.34.1-1ubuntu1.12