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CentOS 7 : git (RHSA-2020:0124)

high Nessus Plugin ID 133100

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:0124 advisory.

 - An issue was found in Git before v2.24.1, v2.23.1, v2.22.2, v2.21.1, v2.20.2, v2.19.3, v2.18.2, v2.17.3, v2.16.6, v2.15.4, and v2.14.6. Recursive clones are currently affected by a vulnerability that is caused by too-lax validation of submodule names, allowing very targeted attacks via remote code execution in recursive clones. (CVE-2019-1387)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0124

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 133100

File Name: centos_RHSA-2020-0124.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/21/2020

Updated: 10/9/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1387

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git-email, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:emacs-git, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-git-svn, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git-daemon, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git-bzr, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git-instaweb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gitk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git-all, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git-gnome-keyring, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:emacs-git-el, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git-svn, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git-hg, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gitweb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git-p4, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git-cvs, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-git, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git-gui

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/18/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/18/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1387

RHSA: 2020:0124