CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-22742

Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

Published: Jan 20, 2023 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
5.9
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.3 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

libgit2 is a cross-platform, linkable library implementation of Git. When using an SSH remote with the optional libssh2 backend, libgit2 does not perform certificate checking by default. Prior versions of libgit2 require the caller to set the certificate_check field of libgit2s git_remote_callbacks structure - if a certificate check callback is not set, libgit2 does not perform any certificate checking. This means that by default - without configuring a certificate check callback, clients will not perform validation on the server SSH keys and may be subject to a man-in-the-middle attack. Users are encouraged to upgrade to v1.4.5 or v1.5.1. Users unable to upgrade should ensure that all relevant certificates are manually checked.

Weakness

The product does not verify, or incorrectly verifies, the cryptographic signature for data.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Libgit2 Libgit2 * 1.4.5 (excluding)
Libgit2 Libgit2 1.5.0 (including) 1.5.0 (including)
Libgit2 Ubuntu bionic *
Libgit2 Ubuntu esm-apps/bionic *
Libgit2 Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Libgit2 Ubuntu esm-infra-legacy/trusty *
Libgit2 Ubuntu focal *
Libgit2 Ubuntu jammy *
Libgit2 Ubuntu kinetic *
Libgit2 Ubuntu trusty *
Libgit2 Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Libgit2 Ubuntu upstream *
Libgit2 Ubuntu xenial *

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