UBUNTU-CVE-2023-40590

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-40590
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-40590.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-40590
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Published
2023-08-28T18:15:00Z
Modified
2023-08-28T18:15:00Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories. When resolving a program, Python/Windows look for the current working directory, and after that the PATH environment. GitPython defaults to use the git command, if a user runs GitPython from a repo has a git.exe or git executable, that program will be run instead of the one in the user's PATH. This is more of a problem on how Python interacts with Windows systems, Linux and any other OS aren't affected by this. But probably people using GitPython usually run it from the CWD of a repo. An attacker can trick a user to download a repository with a malicious git executable, if the user runs/imports GitPython from that directory, it allows the attacker to run any arbitrary commands. There is no fix currently available for windows users, however there are a few mitigations. 1: Default to an absolute path for the git program on Windows, like C:\\Program Files\\Git\\cmd\\git.EXE (default git path installation). 2: Require users to set the GIT_PYTHON_GIT_EXECUTABLE environment variable on Windows systems. 3: Make this problem prominent in the documentation and advise users to never run GitPython from an untrusted repo, or set the GIT_PYTHON_GIT_EXECUTABLE env var to an absolute path. 4: Resolve the executable manually by only looking into the PATH environment variable.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / python-git

Package

Name
python-git
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-git?arch=src?distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.3.2~RC1-2
0.3.2~RC1-3
0.3.2~RC1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
0.3.2~RC1-3ubuntu0.1~esm2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "negligible"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / python-git

Package

Name
python-git
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-git?arch=src?distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.1+git137-gc8b8379-1
1.0.1+git137-gc8b8379-2
1.0.1+git137-gc8b8379-2.1
1.0.1+git137-gc8b8379-2.1ubuntu0.1~esm1
1.0.1+git137-gc8b8379-2.1ubuntu0.1~esm2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "negligible"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / python-git

Package

Name
python-git
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-git?arch=src?distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.1.5-1
2.1.6-1
2.1.7-1
2.1.8-1
2.1.8-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
2.1.8-1ubuntu0.1~esm2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "negligible"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / python-git

Package

Name
python-git
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-git?arch=src?distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.1.11-1

3.*

3.0.4-1
3.0.5-1
3.0.7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "negligible"
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / python-git

Package

Name
python-git
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-git?arch=src?distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.1.14-1
3.1.23-1
3.1.24-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "negligible"
}