CVE - CVE-2022-41953

CVE-ID
CVE-2022-41953	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Git GUI is a convenient graphical tool that comes with Git for Windows. Its target audience is users who are uncomfortable with using Git on the command-line. Git GUI has a function to clone repositories. Immediately after the local clone is available, Git GUI will automatically post-process it, among other things running a spell checker called `aspell.exe` if it was found. Git GUI is implemented as a Tcl/Tk script. Due to the unfortunate design of Tcl on Windows, the search path when looking for an executable _always includes the current directory_. Therefore, malicious repositories can ship with an `aspell.exe` in their top-level directory which is executed by Git GUI without giving the user a chance to inspect it first, i.e. running untrusted code. This issue has been addressed in version 2.39.1. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should avoid using Git GUI for cloning. If that is not a viable option, at least avoid cloning from untrusted sources.
References
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MISC:https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/commit/7360767e8dfc1895a932324079f7d45d7791d39f URL:https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/commit/7360767e8dfc1895a932324079f7d45d7791d39f MISC:https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/4219 URL:https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/4219 MISC:https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-v4px-mx59-w99c URL:https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-v4px-mx59-w99c MISC:https://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.6/TclCmd/exec.html#M23 URL:https://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.6/TclCmd/exec.html#M23
Assigning CNA
GitHub (maintainer security advisories)
Date Record Created
20220930	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20220930)
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