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Fedora 37 : git (2023-9718cc6113)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 170236

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-9718cc6113 advisory.

 Update to 2.39.1 (CVE-2022-41903, CVE-2022-23521)

 Refer to the [upstream release notes](https://github.com/git/git/raw/v2.39.1/Documentation/RelNotes/2.30.7.txt) and the security advisories ([CVE-2022-41903](https://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-475x-2q3q-hvwq), [CVE-2022-23521](https://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-c738-c5qq-xg89)) for details.



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 git package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-9718cc6113

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 170236

File Name: fedora_2023-9718cc6113.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/21/2023

Updated: 11/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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-2022-41903

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:fedoraproject:fedora:git, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:37

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/17/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-23521, CVE-2022-41903