CVE-2022-29187

NameCVE-2022-29187
DescriptionGit 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-3239-1, DSA-5332-1, ELA-788-1, ELA-803-1
Debian Bugs1014848

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
git (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1:2.1.4-2.1+deb8u14fixed
stretch (security)1:2.11.0-3+deb9u7vulnerable
stretch (lts), stretch1:2.11.0-3+deb9u11fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)1:2.20.1-2+deb10u9fixed
bullseye1:2.30.2-1+deb11u2fixed
bullseye (security)1:2.30.2-1+deb11u3fixed
bookworm (security), bookworm1:2.39.5-0+deb12u1fixed
trixie1:2.45.2-1fixed
sid1:2.45.2-1.2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
gitsourcejessie1:2.1.4-2.1+deb8u12ELA-803-1
gitsourcestretch1:2.11.0-3+deb9u9ELA-788-1
gitsourcebuster1:2.20.1-2+deb10u5DLA-3239-1
gitsourcebullseye1:2.30.2-1+deb11u1DSA-5332-1
gitsource(unstable)1:2.37.2-11014848

Notes

https://lists.q42.co.uk/pipermail/git-announce/2022-July/001250.html
https://github.com/git/git/commit/3b0bf2704980b1ed6018622bdf5377ec22289688 (v2.30.5)
https://github.com/git/git/commit/ae9abbb63eea74441e3e8b153dc6ec1f94c373b4 (v2.30.5) (regression)
https://github.com/git/git/commit/5f1a3fec8c304decaa9af2bf503712050a4a84e0 (v2.30.5) (regression test)
https://github.com/git/git/commit/b9063afda17a2aa6310423c9f7b776c41f753091 (v2.30.5) (regression test)
https://github.com/git/git/commit/6b11e3d52e919cce91011f4f9025e6f4b61375f2 (v2.30.5) (regression)
Relates to CVE-2022-24765.

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