MGASA-2022-0147 - Updated git packages fix security vulnerability Publication date: 22 Apr 2022 URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0147.html Type: security Affected Mageia releases: 8 CVE: CVE-2022-24765 On multi-user machines, Git users might find themselves unexpectedly in a Git worktree, e.g. when another user created a repository in /tmp, in a mounted network drive or in a scratch space. Merely having a Git-aware prompt that runs 'git status' (or 'git diff') and navigating to a directory which is supposedly not a Git worktree, or opening such a directory in an editor or IDE such as VS Code or Atom, will potentially run commands defined by that other user (CVE-2022-24765). References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30277 - https://lore.kernel.org/git/[email protected]/ - https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5376-1 - https://lore.kernel.org/git/[email protected]/T/#u - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-24765 SRPMS: - 8/core/git-2.30.4-1.mga8
Mageia 2022-0147: git security update
On multi-user machines, Git users might find themselves unexpectedly in a Git worktree, e.g
Summary
On multi-user machines, Git users might find themselves unexpectedly in a Git
worktree, e.g. when another user created a repository in /tmp, in a mounted
network drive or in a scratch space. Merely having a Git-aware prompt that
runs 'git status' (or 'git diff') and navigating to a directory which is
supposedly not a Git worktree, or opening such a directory in an editor or IDE
such as VS Code or Atom, will potentially run commands defined by that other
user (CVE-2022-24765).
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30277
- https://lore.kernel.org/git/[email protected]/
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5376-1
- https://lore.kernel.org/git/[email protected]/T/#u
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-24765
Resolution
MGASA-2022-0147 - Updated git packages fix security vulnerability
SRPMS
- 8/core/git-2.30.4-1.mga8
Severity
Publication date: 22 Apr 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0147.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2022-24765
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