SB2025080641 - Gentoo update for Composer

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SB2025080641 - Gentoo update for Composer

Published: August 6, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025080641
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.


1) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24828)

CWE-ID: CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the VcsDriver::getFileContent() method when parsing $file or $identifier arguments. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system, if the Mercurial or the Git driver are used.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


2) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-43655)

CWE-ID: CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the server with published composer.phar and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system but requires that "register_argc_argv" option is enabled in php.ini.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References