The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2023-3245 advisory.
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. This vulnerability is relatively hard to exploit and requires social engineering. For example, a legitimate message at the end of a clone could be maliciously modified to ask the user to direct their web browser to a malicious website, and the user might think that the message comes from Git and is legitimate. It does require local write access by the attacker, though, which makes this attack vector less likely. Version 2.40.1 contains a patch for this issue. Some workarounds are available. Do not work on a Windows machine with shared accounts, or alternatively create a C:\mingw64
folder and leave it empty. Users who have administrative rights may remove the permission to create folders in C:\
. (CVE-2023-25815)
Git is a revision control system. Prior to versions 2.30.9, 2.31.8, 2.32.7, 2.33.8, 2.34.8, 2.35.8, 2.36.6, 2.37.7, 2.38.5, 2.39.3, and 2.40.1, by feeding specially crafted input to git apply --reject
, a path outside the working tree can be overwritten with partially controlled contents (corresponding to the rejected hunk(s) from the given patch). A fix is available in versions 2.30.9, 2.31.8, 2.32.7, 2.33.8, 2.34.8, 2.35.8, 2.36.6, 2.37.7, 2.38.5, 2.39.3, and 2.40.1. As a workaround, avoid using git apply
with --reject
when applying patches from an untrusted source. Use git apply --stat
to inspect a patch before applying; avoid applying one that create a conflict where a link corresponding to the *.rej
file exists. (CVE-2023-25652)
Git is a revision control system. Using a specially-crafted repository, Git prior to versions 2.39.2, 2.38.4, 2.37.6, 2.36.5, 2.35.7, 2.34.7, 2.33.7, 2.32.6, 2.31.7, and 2.30.8 can be tricked into using its local clone optimization even when using a non-local transport. Though Git will abort local clones whose source $GIT_DIR/objects
directory contains symbolic links, the objects
directory itself may still be a symbolic link. These two may be combined to include arbitrary files based on known paths on the victim’s filesystem within the malicious repository’s working copy, allowing for data exfiltration in a similar manner as CVE-2022-39253. A fix has been prepared and will appear in v2.39.2 v2.38.4 v2.37.6 v2.36.5 v2.35.7 v2.34.7 v2.33.7 v2.32.6, v2.31.7 and v2.30.8. If upgrading is impractical, two short-term workarounds are available. Avoid cloning repositories from untrusted sources with --recurse-submodules
.
Instead, consider cloning repositories without recursively cloning their submodules, and instead run git submodule update
at each layer. Before doing so, inspect each new .gitmodules
file to ensure that it does not contain suspicious module URLs. (CVE-2023-22490)
Git, a revision control system, is vulnerable to path traversal prior to versions 2.39.2, 2.38.4, 2.37.6, 2.36.5, 2.35.7, 2.34.7, 2.33.7, 2.32.6, 2.31.7, and 2.30.8. By feeding a crafted input to git apply
, a path outside the working tree can be overwritten as the user who is running git apply
. A fix has been prepared and will appear in v2.39.2, v2.38.4, v2.37.6, v2.36.5, v2.35.7, v2.34.7, v2.33.7, v2.32.6, v2.31.7, and v2.30.8. As a workaround, use git apply --stat
to inspect a patch before applying; avoid applying one that creates a symbolic link and then creates a file beyond the symbolic link.
(CVE-2023-23946)
Git is a revision control system. Prior to versions 2.30.9, 2.31.8, 2.32.7, 2.33.8, 2.34.8, 2.35.8, 2.36.6, 2.37.7, 2.38.5, 2.39.3, and 2.40.1, a specially crafted .gitmodules
file with submodule URLs that are longer than 1024 characters can used to exploit a bug in config.c::git_config_copy_or_rename_section_in_file()
. This bug can be used to inject arbitrary configuration into a user’s $GIT_DIR/config
when attempting to remove the configuration section associated with that submodule. When the attacker injects configuration values which specify executables to run (such as core.pager
, core.editor
, core.sshCommand
, etc.) this can lead to a remote code execution. A fix A fix is available in versions 2.30.9, 2.31.8, 2.32.7, 2.33.8, 2.34.8, 2.35.8, 2.36.6, 2.37.7, 2.38.5, 2.39.3, and 2.40.1. As a workaround, avoid running git submodule deinit
on untrusted repositories or without prior inspection of any submodule sections in $GIT_DIR/config
. (CVE-2023-29007)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2023-3245.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
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script_version("1.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/05/23");
script_cve_id(
"CVE-2023-22490",
"CVE-2023-23946",
"CVE-2023-25652",
"CVE-2023-25815",
"CVE-2023-29007"
);
script_name(english:"Oracle Linux 9 : git (ELSA-2023-3245)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the
ELSA-2023-3245 advisory.
- 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. This vulnerability is relatively hard
to exploit and requires social engineering. For example, a legitimate message at the end of a clone could
be maliciously modified to ask the user to direct their web browser to a malicious website, and the user
might think that the message comes from Git and is legitimate. It does require local write access by the
attacker, though, which makes this attack vector less likely. Version 2.40.1 contains a patch for this
issue. Some workarounds are available. Do not work on a Windows machine with shared accounts, or
alternatively create a `C:\mingw64` folder and leave it empty. Users who have administrative rights may
remove the permission to create folders in `C:\`. (CVE-2023-25815)
- Git is a revision control system. Prior to versions 2.30.9, 2.31.8, 2.32.7, 2.33.8, 2.34.8, 2.35.8,
2.36.6, 2.37.7, 2.38.5, 2.39.3, and 2.40.1, by feeding specially crafted input to `git apply --reject`, a
path outside the working tree can be overwritten with partially controlled contents (corresponding to the
rejected hunk(s) from the given patch). A fix is available in versions 2.30.9, 2.31.8, 2.32.7, 2.33.8,
2.34.8, 2.35.8, 2.36.6, 2.37.7, 2.38.5, 2.39.3, and 2.40.1. As a workaround, avoid using `git apply` with
`--reject` when applying patches from an untrusted source. Use `git apply --stat` to inspect a patch
before applying; avoid applying one that create a conflict where a link corresponding to the `*.rej` file
exists. (CVE-2023-25652)
- Git is a revision control system. Using a specially-crafted repository, Git prior to versions 2.39.2,
2.38.4, 2.37.6, 2.36.5, 2.35.7, 2.34.7, 2.33.7, 2.32.6, 2.31.7, and 2.30.8 can be tricked into using its
local clone optimization even when using a non-local transport. Though Git will abort local clones whose
source `$GIT_DIR/objects` directory contains symbolic links, the `objects` directory itself may still be a
symbolic link. These two may be combined to include arbitrary files based on known paths on the victim's
filesystem within the malicious repository's working copy, allowing for data exfiltration in a similar
manner as CVE-2022-39253. A fix has been prepared and will appear in v2.39.2 v2.38.4 v2.37.6 v2.36.5
v2.35.7 v2.34.7 v2.33.7 v2.32.6, v2.31.7 and v2.30.8. If upgrading is impractical, two short-term
workarounds are available. Avoid cloning repositories from untrusted sources with `--recurse-submodules`.
Instead, consider cloning repositories without recursively cloning their submodules, and instead run `git
submodule update` at each layer. Before doing so, inspect each new `.gitmodules` file to ensure that it
does not contain suspicious module URLs. (CVE-2023-22490)
- Git, a revision control system, is vulnerable to path traversal prior to versions 2.39.2, 2.38.4, 2.37.6,
2.36.5, 2.35.7, 2.34.7, 2.33.7, 2.32.6, 2.31.7, and 2.30.8. By feeding a crafted input to `git apply`, a
path outside the working tree can be overwritten as the user who is running `git apply`. A fix has been
prepared and will appear in v2.39.2, v2.38.4, v2.37.6, v2.36.5, v2.35.7, v2.34.7, v2.33.7, v2.32.6,
v2.31.7, and v2.30.8. As a workaround, use `git apply --stat` to inspect a patch before applying; avoid
applying one that creates a symbolic link and then creates a file beyond the symbolic link.
(CVE-2023-23946)
- Git is a revision control system. Prior to versions 2.30.9, 2.31.8, 2.32.7, 2.33.8, 2.34.8, 2.35.8,
2.36.6, 2.37.7, 2.38.5, 2.39.3, and 2.40.1, a specially crafted `.gitmodules` file with submodule URLs
that are longer than 1024 characters can used to exploit a bug in
`config.c::git_config_copy_or_rename_section_in_file()`. This bug can be used to inject arbitrary
configuration into a user's `$GIT_DIR/config` when attempting to remove the configuration section
associated with that submodule. When the attacker injects configuration values which specify executables
to run (such as `core.pager`, `core.editor`, `core.sshCommand`, etc.) this can lead to a remote code
execution. A fix A fix is available in versions 2.30.9, 2.31.8, 2.32.7, 2.33.8, 2.34.8, 2.35.8, 2.36.6,
2.37.7, 2.38.5, 2.39.3, and 2.40.1. As a workaround, avoid running `git submodule deinit` on untrusted
repositories or without prior inspection of any submodule sections in `$GIT_DIR/config`. (CVE-2023-29007)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-3245.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-25652");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-29007");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/02/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/05/23");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/05/23");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:git");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:git-all");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:git-core");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:git-core-doc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:git-credential-libsecret");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:git-daemon");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:git-email");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:git-gui");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:git-instaweb");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:git-subtree");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:git-svn");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gitk");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:gitweb");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-Git");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:perl-Git-SVN");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Oracle Linux Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/OracleLinux", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/local_checks_enabled");
exit(0);
}
include('rpm.inc');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item('Host/OracleLinux')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Oracle Linux');
var os_release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(os_release) || !pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux)", string:os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Oracle Linux');
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux) .*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Oracle Linux');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^9([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Oracle Linux 9', 'Oracle Linux ' + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Oracle Linux', cpu);
var pkgs = [
{'reference':'git-all-2.39.3-1.el9_2', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'git-core-doc-2.39.3-1.el9_2', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'git-email-2.39.3-1.el9_2', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'git-gui-2.39.3-1.el9_2', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'git-instaweb-2.39.3-1.el9_2', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'git-svn-2.39.3-1.el9_2', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'gitk-2.39.3-1.el9_2', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'gitweb-2.39.3-1.el9_2', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'perl-Git-2.39.3-1.el9_2', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'perl-Git-SVN-2.39.3-1.el9_2', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'git-2.39.3-1.el9_2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'git-core-2.39.3-1.el9_2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'git-credential-libsecret-2.39.3-1.el9_2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'git-daemon-2.39.3-1.el9_2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'git-subtree-2.39.3-1.el9_2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'git-2.39.3-1.el9_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'git-core-2.39.3-1.el9_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'git-credential-libsecret-2.39.3-1.el9_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'git-daemon-2.39.3-1.el9_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'git-subtree-2.39.3-1.el9_2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'9', '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 = 'EL' + 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) {
if (exists_check) {
if (rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check) && 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++;
} else {
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_HOLE,
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');
}
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-22490
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-23946
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-25652
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-25815
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-29007
linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-3245.html