Amazon Linux AMI : git (ALAS-2019-1325)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 132026

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

The --export-marks option of git fast-import is exposed also via the in-stream command feature export-marks=... and it allows overwriting arbitrary paths.(CVE-2019-1348)

When submodules are cloned recursively, under certain circumstances Git could be fooled into using the same Git directory twice. We now require the directory to be empty.(CVE-2019-1349)

Incorrect quoting of command-line arguments allowed remote code execution during a recursive clone in conjunction with SSH URLs.
(CVE-2019-1350)

While the only permitted drive letters for physical drives on Windows are letters of the US-English alphabet, this restriction does not apply to virtual drives . Git mistook such paths for relative paths, allowing writing outside of the worktree while cloning.
(CVE-2019-13510)

Git was unaware of NTFS Alternate Data Streams, allowing files inside the .git/ directory to be overwritten during a clone.(CVE-2019-1352)

When running Git in the Windows Subsystem for Linux (also known as 'WSL') while accessing a working directory on a regular Windows drive, none of the NTFS protections were active. (CVE-2019-1353)

Filenames on Linux/Unix can contain backslashes. On Windows, backslashes are directory separators. Git did not use to refuse to write out tracked files with such filenames.(CVE-2019-1354)

Recursive clones are currently affected by a vulnerability that is caused by too-lax validation of submodule names, allowing very targeted attacks via remote code execution in recursive clones.(CVE-2019-1387)

Solution

Run 'yum update git' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2019-1325.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 132026

File Name: ala_ALAS-2019-1325.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/13/2019

Updated: 4/4/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1354

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1353

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-p4, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-daemon, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-git, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-svn, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-cvs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gitweb, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-all, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs-git-el, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-hg, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:emacs-git, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-bzr, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-git-svn, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-email

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/9/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/18/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1348, CVE-2019-1349, CVE-2019-1350, CVE-2019-1351, CVE-2019-1352, CVE-2019-1353, CVE-2019-1354, CVE-2019-1387

ALAS: 2019-1325