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REDHAT-BUG-2188333

REDHAT-BUG-2188333: High severity Git Git vulnerability

Published Apr 20, 2023

Updated

CVE-2023-25652 By feeding specially crafted input to git apply --reject, a path outside the working tree can be overwritten with partially controlled contents corresponding to the rejected hunk(s) from the given patch).

Affected Software

1 affected component

Git Git

Event History

Apr 20, 2023

Data Sourced

via Red Hat·01:46 PM

DescriptionSeverityAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

What does an attacker need to supply to trigger this issue?

The attacker needs to provide a specially crafted patch or other input that is processed with git apply --reject.

Which Git operation is implicated?

The issue is associated with use of git apply --reject. The rejected hunks can cause partially controlled contents to be written to a path outside the working tree.

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