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<glsa id="202401-17">
    <title>libgit2: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability</title>
    <synopsis>A vulnerability has been found in libgit2 which could result in privilege escalation.</synopsis>
    <product type="ebuild">libgit2</product>
    <announced>2024-01-14</announced>
    <revised count="1">2024-01-14</revised>
    <bug>857792</bug>
    <access>local</access>
    <affected>
        <package name="dev-libs/libgit2" auto="yes" arch="*">
            <unaffected range="ge">1.4.4</unaffected>
            <vulnerable range="lt">1.4.4</vulnerable>
        </package>
    </affected>
    <background>
        <p>libgit2 is a portable, pure C implementation of the Git core methods provided as a re-entrant linkable library with a solid API.</p>
    </background>
    <description>
        <p>A vulnerability has been discovered in libgit2. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.</p>
    </description>
    <impact type="normal">
        <p>Usages of a malicious crafted Git repository could allow the creator of the repository to elevate privileges to those of the user accessing the repository.</p>
    </impact>
    <workaround>
        <p>Administrators can ensure that their usages of libgit2 only interact with repositories which have only been modified by trusted users.</p>
    </workaround>
    <resolution>
        <p>All libgit2 users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
        
        <code>
          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libgit2-1.4.4"
        </code>
    </resolution>
    <references>
        <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29187">CVE-2022-29187</uri>
    </references>
    <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2024-01-14T09:13:55.679015Z">ajak</metadata>
    <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2024-01-14T09:13:55.681859Z">graaff</metadata>
</glsa>