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Fedora 24 : git (2017-01a7989fc0)

high Nessus Plugin ID 100485

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

An issue in `git-shell` could allow remote users to run an interactive pager. From the [update announcement](https://public-inbox.org/git/[email protected] v.corp.google.com/) :

... fix a recently disclosed problem with 'git shell', which may allow a user who comes over SSH to run an interactive pager by causing it to spawn 'git upload-pack --help' (CVE-2017-8386).

The announcement also notes :

If you are not running a server, or if your server has not been explicitly configured to use git-shell as a login shell, you are not affected. Also note that sites running 'git shell' behind gitolite are NOT vulnerable.

Further details can be found in the commit message which fixed the issue ([3ec804490](https://github.com/git/git/commit/3ec804490)).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected git package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-01a7989fc0

https://github.com/git/git/commit/3ec804490

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 100485

File Name: fedora_2017-01a7989fc0.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/30/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:git, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:24

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 5/27/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8386