Debian DSA-3934-1 : git - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 102374

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Joern Schneeweisz discovered that git, a distributed revision control system, did not correctly handle maliciously constructed ssh:// URLs.
This allowed an attacker to run an arbitrary shell command, for instance via git submodules.

Solution

Upgrade the git packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1:2.1.4-2.1+deb8u4.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1:2.11.0-3+deb9u1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/git

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/git

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3934

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 102374

File Name: debian_DSA-3934.nasl

Version: 3.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/11/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:git, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/10/2017

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Malicious Git HTTP Server For CVE-2017-1000117)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000117

DSA: 3934