CVE-2022-39260

CVE Details

Release Date:

2022-10-19

Description

Git is an open source, scalable, distributed revision control system. git shell is a restricted login shell that can be used to implement Git's push/pull functionality via SSH. In versions prior to 2.30.6, 2.31.5, 2.32.4, 2.33.5, 2.34.5, 2.35.5, 2.36.3, and 2.37.4, the function that splits the command arguments into an array improperly uses an int to represent the number of entries in the array, allowing a malicious actor to intentionally overflow the return value, leading to arbitrary heap writes. Because the resulting array is then passed to execv(), it is possible to leverage this attack to gain remote code execution on a victim machine. Note that a victim must first allow access to git shell as a login shell in order to be vulnerable to this attack. This problem is patched in versions 2.30.6, 2.31.5, 2.32.4, 2.33.5, 2.34.5, 2.35.5, 2.36.3, and 2.37.4 and users are advised to upgrade to the latest version. Disabling git shell access via remote logins is a viable short-term workaround.

See more information about CVE-2022-39260 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	8.8	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	None	User Interaction:	Required
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	High	Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 8 (git)	ELSA-2023-2859	2023-05-23
Oracle Linux version 9 (git)	ELSA-2023-2319	2023-05-15

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