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Debian: CVE-2022-42906: powerline-gitstatus -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2022-42906: powerline-gitstatus -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/13/2022
Created
01/24/2023
Added
01/23/2023
Modified
01/23/2023

Description

powerline-gitstatus (aka Powerline Gitstatus) before 1.3.2 allows arbitrary code execution. git repositories can contain per-repository configuration that changes the behavior of git, including running arbitrary commands. When using powerline-gitstatus, changing to a directory automatically runs git commands in order to display information about the current repository in the prompt. If an attacker can convince a user to change their current directory to one controlled by the attacker, such as in a shared filesystem or extracted archive, powerline-gitstatus will run arbitrary commands under the attacker's control. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2022-20001.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-powerline-gitstatus

References

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