Out-of-Bounds Affecting libgit2 package, versions <1.1.0+dfsg.1-4.1ubuntu0.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2204-LIBGIT2-6241176
  • published6 Mar 2024
  • disclosed6 Feb 2024

Introduced: 6 Feb 2024

CVE-2024-24577  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:22.04 libgit2 to version 1.1.0+dfsg.1-4.1ubuntu0.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libgit2 package and not the libgit2 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:22.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

libgit2 is a portable C implementation of the Git core methods provided as a linkable library with a solid API, allowing to build Git functionality into your application. Using well-crafted inputs to git_index_add can cause heap corruption that could be leveraged for arbitrary code execution. There is an issue in the has_dir_name function in src/libgit2/index.c, which frees an entry that should not be freed. The freed entry is later used and overwritten with potentially bad actor-controlled data leading to controlled heap corruption. Depending on the application that uses libgit2, this could lead to arbitrary code execution. This issue has been patched in version 1.6.5 and 1.7.2.

CVSS Scores

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