Security update for libgit2

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:2583-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2024-24577 ( SUSE ): 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2024-24577 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libgit2 fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2024-24577: Fixed arbitrary code execution due to heap corruption in git_index_add (bsc#1219660)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2024-2583=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • libgit2-24-0.24.1-11.5.1
    • libgit2-debugsource-0.24.1-11.5.1
    • libgit2-24-debuginfo-0.24.1-11.5.1

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