Security
Security
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Git, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.
| Package | dev-vcs/git on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 2.24.1 |
| Unaffected versions | revision >= 2.21.1 revision >= 2.23.1-r1 revision >= 2.24.1 |
Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Git. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
An attacker could possibly overwrite arbitrary paths, execute arbitrary code, and overwrite files in the .git directory.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Git 2.21.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-vcs/git-2.21.1"
All Git 2.23.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-vcs/git-2.23.1-r1"
All Git 2.24.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-vcs/git-2.24.1"
Release date
March 15, 2020
Latest revision
March 20, 2020: 2
Severity
normal
Exploitable
local, remote
Bugzilla entries