x/vulndb: potential Go vuln in github.com/github/git-sizer: GHSA-57q7-rxqq-7vgp

[GoVulnBot]

In GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-57q7-rxqq-7vgp, there is a vulnerability in the following Go packages or modules:

Unit	Fixed	Vulnerable Ranges
github.com/github/git-sizer	1.4.0	<= 1.3.0

See doc/triage.md for instructions on how to triage this report.

package: github.com/github/git-sizer
versions:
  - introduced: TODO (earliest fixed "1.4.0", vuln range "<= 1.3.0")
description: |-
    ### Impact
    On Windows, if `git-sizer` is run against a non-bare repository, and that repository has an executable called `git.exe`, `git.bat`, etc., then that executable might be run by `git-sizer` rather than the system `git` executable. An attacker could try to use social engineering to get a victim to run `git-sizer` against a hostile repository and thereby get the victim to run arbitrary code.

    On Linux or other Unix-derived platforms, a similar problem could occur if the user's `PATH` has the current directory before the path to the standard `git` executable, but this is would be a very unusual configuration that has been known for decades to lead to all kinds of security problems.

    ### Patches
    Users should update to git-sizer v1.4.0

    ### Workarounds
    If you are on Windows, then either
    * Don't run `git-sizer` against a repository that might contain hostile code, or, if you must…
    * Run `git-sizer` against a bare clone of the hostile repository, or, if that is not possible…
    * Make sure that the hostile repository doesn't have an executable in its top-level directory before running `git-sizer`.

    If you are on Linux or other Unix-based system, then (for myriad reasons!) don't add the current directory to your `PATH`.

    ### References
    * [Command PATH security in Go](https://blog.golang.org/path-security)

    ### For more information
    If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
    * Open an issue in [the `git-sizer` project](https://github.com/github/git-sizer).
    * Email us at [GitHub support](mailto:[email protected]).
published: 2022-02-15T01:57:18Z
last_modified: 2022-04-12T22:48:44Z
ghsas:
  - GHSA-57q7-rxqq-7vgp

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