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CentOS 8 : git (CESA-2020:1980)

high Nessus Plugin ID 145960

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2020:1980 advisory.

 - git: Crafted URL containing new lines, empty host or lacks a scheme can cause credential leak (CVE-2020-11008)

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-2020:1980

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 145960

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2020-1980.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/1/2021

Updated: 3/23/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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-2020-11008

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: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git-all, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git-core, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git-core-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git-daemon, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git-email, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git-gui, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git-instaweb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git-subtree, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git-svn, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gitk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gitweb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-git, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-git-svn

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/30/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/21/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-11008

RHSA: 2020:1980