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git2-rs fails to verify SSH keys by default

Moderate
pietroalbini published GHSA-m4ch-rfv5-x5g3 Jan 20, 2023

Package

cargo git2 (Rust)

Affected versions

< 0.16.1

Patched versions

0.16.1
cargo libgit2-sys (Rust)
>= 0.14.0, < 0.14.2
< 0.13.5
0.14.2
0.13.5

Description

The git2 and libgit2-sys crates are Rust wrappers around the libgit2 C library. It was discovered that libgit2 1.5.0 and below did not verify SSH host keys when establishing an SSH connection, exposing users of the library to Man-In-the-Middle attacks.

The libgit2 team assigned CVE-2023-22742 to this vulnerability. The following versions of the libgit2-sys Rust crate have been released:

  • libgit2-sys 0.14.2, updating the underlying libgit2 C library to version 1.5.1.
  • libgit2-sys 0.13.5, updating the underlying libgit2 C library to version 1.4.5.

A new git2 crate version has also been released, 0.16.1. This version only bumps its libgit2-sys dependency to ensure no vulnerable libgit2-sys versions are used, but contains no code changes: if you update the libgit2-sys version there is no need to also update the git2 crate version.

You can learn more about this vulnerability in libgit2's advisory

Severity

Moderate
6.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVE ID

CVE-2023-22742

Weaknesses