The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5686-1 advisory.

  - Git is an open source, scalable, distributed revision control system. Versions prior to 2.30.6, 2.31.5,     2.32.4, 2.33.5, 2.34.5, 2.35.5, 2.36.3, and 2.37.4 are subject to exposure of sensitive information to a     malicious actor. When performing a local clone (where the source and target of the clone are on the same     volume), Git copies the contents of the source's `$GIT_DIR/objects` directory into the destination by     either creating hardlinks to the source contents, or copying them (if hardlinks are disabled via `--no-     hardlinks`). A malicious actor could convince a victim to clone a repository with a symbolic link pointing     at sensitive information on the victim's machine. This can be done either by having the victim clone a     malicious repository on the same machine, or having them clone a malicious repository embedded as a bare     repository via a submodule from any source, provided they clone with the `--recurse-submodules` option.
    Git does not create symbolic links in the `$GIT_DIR/objects` directory. The problem has been patched in     the versions published on 2022-10-18, and backported to v2.30.x. Potential workarounds: Avoid cloning     untrusted repositories using the `--local` optimization when on a shared machine, either by passing the     `--no-local` option to `git clone` or cloning from a URL that uses the `file://` scheme. Alternatively,     avoid cloning repositories from untrusted sources with `--recurse-submodules` or run `git config --global     protocol.file.allow user`. (CVE-2022-39253)

  - Git is an open source, scalable, distributed revision control system. `git shell` is a restricted login     shell that can be used to implement Git's push/pull functionality via SSH. In versions prior to 2.30.6,     2.31.5, 2.32.4, 2.33.5, 2.34.5, 2.35.5, 2.36.3, and 2.37.4, the function that splits the command arguments     into an array improperly uses an `int` to represent the number of entries in the array, allowing a     malicious actor to intentionally overflow the return value, leading to arbitrary heap writes. Because the     resulting array is then passed to `execv()`, it is possible to leverage this attack to gain remote code     execution on a victim machine. Note that a victim must first allow access to `git shell` as a login shell     in order to be vulnerable to this attack. This problem is patched in versions 2.30.6, 2.31.5, 2.32.4,     2.33.5, 2.34.5, 2.35.5, 2.36.3, and 2.37.4 and users are advised to upgrade to the latest version.
    Disabling `git shell` access via remote logins is a viable short-term workaround. (CVE-2022-39260)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Git vulnerabilities (USN-5686-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 166262

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Version 1.6 Jul 11, 2023, 4:01 AM Detection Plugin Feed: 202307110401
Version 1.5 Jan 18, 2023, 9:01 AM Logic Changes (Added support for s390x) Plugin Feed: 202301180901
Version 1.5 Jul 11, 2023, 1:48 AM Detection Plugin Feed: 202307110148
Version 1.4 Nov 28, 2022, 4:23 PM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" changed from "7.5" to "10.0") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" changed from "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P" to "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C") Plugin Feed: 202211281623
Version 1.3 Oct 24, 2022, 4:14 PM CVSS metrics CVSSv3 score source (Changed from None to CVE-2022-39260) Plugin Feed: 202210241614
Version 1.2 Oct 19, 2022, 11:54 PM New Plugin Feed: 202210192354