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GCVE-VVD-MAGEIA-2023-66

GCVE-VVD-MAGEIA-2023-66
Advisory Published
Vulnetix · Advisory published September 11, 2023
Using a specially-crafted repository, Git 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 (CVE-2023-22490). 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" (CVE-2023-23946).

Affected Products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Mageiathunar0 (affected), 4.18.7-1.mga9 (unaffected)
Mageiagit0 (affected), 2.30.8-1.mga8 (unaffected), 0 (affected), 2.30.8-1.mga8 (unaffected)

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