RUSTSEC-2024-0013: Memory corruption, denial of service, and arbitrary code execution in libgit2

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Memory corruption, denial of service, and arbitrary code execution in libgit2

Details
Package	libgit2-sys
Version	0.15.2+1.6.4
URL	rust-lang/git2-rs#1017
Date	2024-02-06
Patched versions	>=0.16.2

The libgit2 project fixed three security issues in the 1.7.2 release. These issues are:

• The git_revparse_single function can potentially enter an infinite loop on a well-crafted input, potentially causing a Denial of Service. This function is exposed in the git2 crate via the Repository::revparse_single method.
• The git_index_add function may cause heap corruption and possibly lead to arbitrary code execution. This function is exposed in the git2 crate via the Index::add method.
• The smart transport negotiation may experience an out-of-bounds read when a remote server did not advertise capabilities.

The libgit2-sys crate bundles libgit2, or optionally links to a system libgit2 library. In either case, versions of the libgit2 library less than 1.7.2 are vulnerable. The 0.16.2 release of libgit2-sys bundles the fixed version of 1.7.2, and requires a system libgit2 version of at least 1.7.2.

It is recommended that all users upgrade.

See advisory page for additional details.

[soenkeliebau]

libgit is only pulled in as a transitive dependency of the built crate, which is a build time dependency of the operator. So the affected code is not included in the released artifacts and only run once at compile time, so the artifacts are not affected by this vulnerability.