Security update for git

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:20855-1
Release Date: 2025-10-09T14:28:56Z
Rating: critical
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-27613 ( SUSE ): 5.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-27613 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2025-27613 ( NVD ): 3.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2025-27614 ( SUSE ): 7.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-27614 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-27614 ( NVD ): 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-46835 ( SUSE ): 6.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-46835 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2025-46835 ( NVD ): 8.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
  • CVE-2025-48384 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-48384 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-48384 ( NVD ): 8.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-48385 ( SUSE ): 8.5 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-48385 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-48385 ( NVD ): 8.6 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
  • CVE-2025-48386 ( SUSE ): 6.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-48386 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2025-48386 ( NVD ): 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.1

An update that solves six vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for git fixes the following issues:

Update to 2.51.0:

  • CVE-2025-27613: arbitrary writable file creation and truncation in Gitk (bsc#1245938)
  • CVE-2025-27614: arbitrary script execution via repo clonation in gitk (bsc#1245939)
  • CVE-2025-46835: untrusted repository cloning can lead to arbitrary writable file creation in Git GUI (bsc#1245942)
  • CVE-2025-48384: script may be unintentionally executed after checkout due to CRLF transforming (bsc#1245943)
  • CVE-2025-48385: arbitrary code execution due to protocol injection via fetching advertised bundle (bsc#1245946)
  • CVE-2025-48386: buffer overflow in static buffer 'target' in wincred credential helper (bsc#1245947)

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 Micro 6.1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.1-298=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • git-core-debuginfo-2.51.0-slfo.1.1_1.1
    • git-core-2.51.0-slfo.1.1_1.1
    • git-debugsource-2.51.0-slfo.1.1_1.1
    • git-debuginfo-2.51.0-slfo.1.1_1.1
    • perl-Git-2.51.0-slfo.1.1_1.1
    • git-2.51.0-slfo.1.1_1.1

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