CVE-2023-25815

CVE Details

Release Date:

2023-04-25

Description

In Git for Windows, the Windows port of Git, no localized messages are shipped with the installer. As a consequence, Git is expected not to localize messages at all, and skips the gettext initialization. However, due to a change in MINGW-packages, the gettext() function's implicit initialization no longer uses the runtime prefix but uses the hard-coded path C:\mingw64\share\locale to look for localized messages. And since any authenticated user has the permission to create folders in C:\ (and since C:\mingw64 does not typically exist), it is possible for low-privilege users to place fake messages in that location where git.exe will pick them up in version 2.40.1.

See more information about CVE-2023-25815 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:	2.2	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	High
Privileges Required:	Low	User Interaction:	Required
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	Low	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 8 (git)	ELSA-2023-3246	2023-05-24
Oracle Linux version 9 (git)	ELSA-2023-3245	2023-05-23

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