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openSUSE Security Update : libgit2 (openSUSE-2019-21)

high Nessus Plugin ID 121149

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for libgit2 fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

 - CVE-2018-19456: Fixed a code execution by malicious .gitmodules file (bsc#1110949)

 - various string-to-integer and buffer handling fixes (bsc#1114729).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected libgit2 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1110949

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1114729

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 121149

File Name: openSUSE-2019-21.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/14/2019

Updated: 6/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-19456

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgit2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgit2-24-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgit2-24-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgit2-24, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgit2-24-debuginfo-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgit2-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/11/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/7/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-19456