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Fedora 37 : git (2023-5b372318ff)

high Nessus Plugin ID 171519

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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-2023-5b372318ff advisory.

 Update to 2.39.2 (CVE-2023-22490, CVE-2023-23946)

 Refer to the [upstream release notes](https://github.com/git/git/raw/v2.39.2/Documentation/RelNotes/2.30.8.txt) and the security advisories ([CVE-2023-22490](https://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-gw92-x3fm-3g3q), [CVE-2023-23946](https://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-r87m-v37r-cwfh)) 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-2023-5b372318ff

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 171519

File Name: fedora_2023-5b372318ff.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/15/2023

Updated: 11/14/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-23946

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/14/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-22490, CVE-2023-23946