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/xmqqv8veb5i6.fsf@gitster.g/
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5376-1
- https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqq1qy04iqa.fsf@gitster.g/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/xmqqv8veb5i6.fsf@gitster.g/

- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5376-1

- https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqq1qy04iqa.fsf@gitster.g/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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