CVE-2023-29011
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2023-29011 |
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| State | PUBLIC |
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| Assigner | [email protected] |
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| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
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| Published | 2023-04-25 21:15:00 UTC |
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| Updated | 2023-05-04 21:18:00 UTC |
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| Description | Git for Windows, the Windows port of Git, ships with an executable called `connect.exe`, which implements a SOCKS5 proxy that can be used to connect e.g. to SSH servers via proxies when certain ports are blocked for outgoing connections. The location of `connect.exe`'s config file is hard-coded as `/etc/connectrc` which will typically be interpreted as `C:\etc\connectrc`. Since `C:\etc` can be created by any authenticated user, this makes `connect.exe` susceptible to malicious files being placed there by other users on the same multi-user machine. The problem has been patched in Git for Windows v2.40.1. As a workaround, create the folder `etc` on all drives where Git commands are run, and remove read/write access from those folders. Alternatively, watch out for malicious `<drive>:\etc\connectrc` files on multi-user machines. |
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NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
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| The config file of `connect.exe` is susceptible to malicious placing · Advisory · git-for-windows/git · GitHub |
MISC |
github.com |
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| Release Git for Windows 2.40.1 · git-for-windows/git · GitHub |
MISC |
github.com |
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| CVE Program record |
CVE.ORG |
www.cve.org |
canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail |
NVD |
nvd.nist.gov |
canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 378458 Git for Windows Multiple Security Vulnerability
- 378588 Microsoft Edge Based on Chromium Prior to 109.0.1518.115 Multiple Vulnerabilities
- 92027 Microsoft Visual Studio Security Updates for June 2023
