GHSA-57q7-rxqq-7vgp

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-57q7-rxqq-7vgp

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/02/GHSA-57q7-rxqq-7vgp/GHSA-57q7-rxqq-7vgp.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-57q7-rxqq-7vgp

Aliases

GO-2022-0424

Published

2022-02-15T01:57:18Z

Modified

2024-08-21T15:42:04.991517Z

Summary

On Windows, `git-sizer` might run a `git` executable within the repository being analyzed

Details

Impact

On Windows, if git-sizer is run against a non-bare repository, and that repository has an executable called git.exe, git.bat, etc., then that executable might be run by git-sizer rather than the system git executable. An attacker could try to use social engineering to get a victim to run git-sizer against a hostile repository and thereby get the victim to run arbitrary code.

On Linux or other Unix-derived platforms, a similar problem could occur if the user's PATH has the current directory before the path to the standard git executable, but this is would be a very unusual configuration that has been known for decades to lead to all kinds of security problems.

Patches

Users should update to git-sizer v1.4.0

Workarounds

If you are on Windows, then either * Don't run git-sizer against a repository that might contain hostile code, or, if you must… * Run git-sizer against a bare clone of the hostile repository, or, if that is not possible… * Make sure that the hostile repository doesn't have an executable in its top-level directory before running git-sizer.

If you are on Linux or other Unix-based system, then (for myriad reasons!) don't add the current directory to your PATH.

References

Command PATH security in Go

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in the <code>git-sizer</code> project. * Email us at GitHub support.

Database specific

{
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-05-18T21:39:10Z"
}

References

Affected packages

Go / github.com/github/git-sizer

Package

Name: github.com/github/git-sizer; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:golang/github.com/github/git-sizer

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.4.0

Database specific

last_known_affected_version_range

"<= 1.3.0"