SUSE SLES12 Security Update : git (SUSE-SU-2018:1566-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 118260

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for git fixes several issues.

These security issues were fixed :

CVE-2018-11233: Path sanity-checks on NTFS allowed attackers to read arbitrary memory (bsc#1095218)

CVE-2018-11235: Arbitrary code execution when recursively cloning a malicious repository (bsc#1095219)

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

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2018-1080=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 118260

File Name: suse_SU-2018-1566-2.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/22/2018

Updated: 7/30/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-11235

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:git-core, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:git-core-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:git-debugsource

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/18/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/30/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-11233, CVE-2018-11235

Detections

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