Amazon Linux AMI update for git



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-24765
CWE-ID CWE-426
Exploitation vector Local
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Amazon Linux AMI
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Vendor Amazon Web Services

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Untrusted search path

EUVDB-ID: #VU62258

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24765

CWE-ID: CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to application uses by default the C:\.git folder. A local user with ability to write files into the said directory can place a malicious file into it and execute it with elevated privileges.

Users of the Microsoft fork of Git are vulnerable simply by starting a Git Bash.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

i686:
    git-subtree-2.36.1-1.75.amzn1.i686
    git-2.36.1-1.75.amzn1.i686
    git-debuginfo-2.36.1-1.75.amzn1.i686
    git-svn-2.36.1-1.75.amzn1.i686
    git-daemon-2.36.1-1.75.amzn1.i686
    git-instaweb-2.36.1-1.75.amzn1.i686
    git-core-2.36.1-1.75.amzn1.i686

noarch:
    emacs-git-el-2.36.1-1.75.amzn1.noarch
    git-p4-2.36.1-1.75.amzn1.noarch
    git-bzr-2.36.1-1.75.amzn1.noarch
    perl-Git-SVN-2.36.1-1.75.amzn1.noarch
    git-hg-2.36.1-1.75.amzn1.noarch
    git-core-doc-2.36.1-1.75.amzn1.noarch
    gitweb-2.36.1-1.75.amzn1.noarch
    git-email-2.36.1-1.75.amzn1.noarch
    perl-Git-2.36.1-1.75.amzn1.noarch
    git-all-2.36.1-1.75.amzn1.noarch
    emacs-git-2.36.1-1.75.amzn1.noarch
    git-cvs-2.36.1-1.75.amzn1.noarch

src:
    git-2.36.1-1.75.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    git-svn-2.36.1-1.75.amzn1.x86_64
    git-core-2.36.1-1.75.amzn1.x86_64
    git-daemon-2.36.1-1.75.amzn1.x86_64
    git-instaweb-2.36.1-1.75.amzn1.x86_64
    git-debuginfo-2.36.1-1.75.amzn1.x86_64
    git-2.36.1-1.75.amzn1.x86_64
    git-subtree-2.36.1-1.75.amzn1.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

CPE2.3 External links

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2022-1589.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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