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Google: dev-vcs/git: security update to 17162.463.8

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 454776

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Git is an open source, scalable, distributed revision control system. `git shell` is a restricted login
 shell that can be used to implement Git's push/pull functionality via SSH. In versions prior to 2.30.6,
 2.31.5, 2.32.4, 2.33.5, 2.34.5, 2.35.5, 2.36.3, and 2.37.4, the function that splits the command arguments
 into an array improperly uses an `int` to represent the number of entries in the array, allowing a
 malicious actor to intentionally overflow the return value, leading to arbitrary heap writes. Because the
 resulting array is then passed to `execv()`, it is possible to leverage this attack to gain remote code
 execution on a victim machine. Note that a victim must first allow access to `git shell` as a login shell
 in order to be vulnerable to this attack. This problem is patched in versions 2.30.6, 2.31.5, 2.32.4,
 2.33.5, 2.34.5, 2.35.5, 2.36.3, and 2.37.4 and users are advised to upgrade to the latest version.
 Disabling `git shell` access via remote logins is a viable short-term workaround. (CVE-2022-39260)

Solution

Update the dev-vcs/git library and its related packages to version 17162.463.8 or later.

See Also

https://storage.googleapis.com/cos-oval-vulnerability-feed/cos-101.oval.xml.tar.gz

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 454776

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: HIGH

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-39260

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/18/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-39260