ALAS-2024-2535

Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-2535
Advisory Release Date: 2024-05-08 21:19 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-05-15 19:24 Pacific
Severity: Important
Issue Overview:

An issue was discovered in git where a client can convince upload-pack running on a server to allocate arbitrary amounts of memory, resulting in a possible denial of service.


Affected Packages:

git


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.


Issue Correction:
Run yum update git to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    git-2.40.1-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    git-core-2.40.1-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    git-credential-libsecret-2.40.1-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    git-daemon-2.40.1-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    git-debuginfo-2.40.1-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64

i686:
    git-2.40.1-1.amzn2.0.2.i686
    git-core-2.40.1-1.amzn2.0.2.i686
    git-credential-libsecret-2.40.1-1.amzn2.0.2.i686
    git-daemon-2.40.1-1.amzn2.0.2.i686
    git-debuginfo-2.40.1-1.amzn2.0.2.i686

noarch:
    git-all-2.40.1-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch
    git-core-doc-2.40.1-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch
    git-cvs-2.40.1-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch
    git-email-2.40.1-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch
    gitk-2.40.1-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch
    gitweb-2.40.1-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch
    git-gui-2.40.1-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch
    git-instaweb-2.40.1-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch
    git-p4-2.40.1-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch
    perl-Git-2.40.1-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch
    perl-Git-SVN-2.40.1-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch
    git-subtree-2.40.1-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch
    git-svn-2.40.1-1.amzn2.0.2.noarch

src:
    git-2.40.1-1.amzn2.0.2.src

x86_64:
    git-2.40.1-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    git-core-2.40.1-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    git-credential-libsecret-2.40.1-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    git-daemon-2.40.1-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    git-debuginfo-2.40.1-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64

Additional References

Red Hat: 

Mitre: