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Amazon Linux 2 : git (ALAS-2022-1820)

2022-07-2100:00:00
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The version of git installed on the remote host is prior to 2.37.1-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2022-1820 advisory.

  • 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. (CVE-2022-29187)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory ALAS-2022-1820.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(163321);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/07/21");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2022-29187");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux 2 : git (ALAS-2022-1820)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of git installed on the remote host is prior to 2.37.1-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as
referenced in the ALAS2-2022-1820 advisory.

  - 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. (CVE-2022-29187)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2022-1820.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-29187.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'yum update git' to update your system.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2022-29187");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2022/07/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2022/07/19");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2022/07/21");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-all");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-core");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-core-doc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-credential-libsecret");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-cvs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-daemon");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-email");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-gui");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-instaweb");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-p4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-subtree");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-svn");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gitk");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gitweb");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-Git");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-Git-SVN");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2022 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}

include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

var release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(release) || !strlen(release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
var os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "2")
{
  if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux 2", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}

if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'git-2.37.1-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'git-2.37.1-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'git-2.37.1-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'git-all-2.37.1-1.amzn2.0.1', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'git-core-2.37.1-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'git-core-2.37.1-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'git-core-2.37.1-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'git-core-doc-2.37.1-1.amzn2.0.1', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'git-credential-libsecret-2.37.1-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'git-credential-libsecret-2.37.1-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'git-credential-libsecret-2.37.1-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'git-cvs-2.37.1-1.amzn2.0.1', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'git-daemon-2.37.1-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'git-daemon-2.37.1-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'git-daemon-2.37.1-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'git-debuginfo-2.37.1-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'git-debuginfo-2.37.1-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'git-debuginfo-2.37.1-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'git-email-2.37.1-1.amzn2.0.1', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'git-gui-2.37.1-1.amzn2.0.1', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'git-instaweb-2.37.1-1.amzn2.0.1', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'git-p4-2.37.1-1.amzn2.0.1', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'git-subtree-2.37.1-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'git-subtree-2.37.1-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'git-subtree-2.37.1-1.amzn2.0.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'git-svn-2.37.1-1.amzn2.0.1', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'gitk-2.37.1-1.amzn2.0.1', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'gitweb-2.37.1-1.amzn2.0.1', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'perl-Git-2.37.1-1.amzn2.0.1', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'perl-Git-SVN-2.37.1-1.amzn2.0.1', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var release = NULL;
  var sp = NULL;
  var cpu = NULL;
  var el_string = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  var epoch = NULL;
  var allowmaj = NULL;
  var exists_check = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
  if (reference && release && (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:release, rpm:exists_check))) {
    if (rpm_check(release:release, sp:sp, cpu:cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "git / git-all / git-core / etc");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
amazonlinuxgitp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git
amazonlinuxgit-allp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-all
amazonlinuxgit-corep-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-core
amazonlinuxgit-core-docp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-core-doc
amazonlinuxgit-credential-libsecretp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-credential-libsecret
amazonlinuxgit-cvsp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-cvs
amazonlinuxgit-daemonp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-daemon
amazonlinuxgit-debuginfop-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-debuginfo
amazonlinuxgit-emailp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-email
amazonlinuxgit-guip-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-gui
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