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Ubuntu 22.10 : Git vulnerabilities (USN-5686-3)

high Nessus Plugin ID 168011

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5686-3 advisory.

 USN-5686-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Git. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 22.10.



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5686-3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 168011

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5686-3.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/21/2022

Updated: 10/29/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-39260

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: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-all, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-daemon-sysvinit, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-cvs, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-email, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-gui, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-daemon-run, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-svn, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gitk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-man, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gitweb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-mediawiki

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/21/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/18/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-39253, CVE-2022-39260

USN: 5686-3