Improper Ownership Management Affecting git-core-doc package, versions <0:2.37.1-1.amzn2.0.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-GITCOREDOC-2957136
  • published21 Jul 2022
  • disclosed12 Jul 2022

Introduced: 12 Jul 2022

CVE-2022-29187  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-282  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-427  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 git-core-doc to version 0:2.37.1-1.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2022-1820.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream git-core-doc package and not the git-core-doc package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

Git is a distributed revision control system. Git prior to versions 2.37.1, 2.36.2, 2.35.4, 2.34.4, 2.33.4, 2.32.3, 2.31.4, and 2.30.5, is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all platforms. An unsuspecting user could still be affected by the issue reported in CVE-2022-24765, for example when navigating as root into a shared tmp directory that is owned by them, but where an attacker could create a git repository. Versions 2.37.1, 2.36.2, 2.35.4, 2.34.4, 2.33.4, 2.32.3, 2.31.4, and 2.30.5 contain a patch for this issue. The simplest way to avoid being affected by the exploit described in the example is to avoid running git as root (or an Administrator in Windows), and if needed to reduce its use to a minimum. While a generic workaround is not possible, a system could be hardened from the exploit described in the example by removing any such repository if it exists already and creating one as root to block any future attacks.

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