RHEL 7 : rh-git218-git (RHSA-2018:3800)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 194075

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for rh-git218-git.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2018:3800 advisory.

Git is a distributed revision control system with a decentralized architecture. As opposed to centralized version control systems with a client-server model, Git ensures that each working copy of a Git repository is an exact copy with complete revision history. This not only allows the user to work on and contribute to projects without the need to have permission to push the changes to their official repositories, but also makes it possible for the user to work with no network connection.

Security Fix(es):

* git: Improper handling of PATH allows for commands to be executed from the current directory (CVE-2018-19486)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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 RHEL rh-git218-git package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:3800.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 194075

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-3800.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 4/27/2024

Updated: 11/5/2024

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: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-19486

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:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-git218-gitk, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-git218-git-cvs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-git218-git-daemon, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-git218-git-svn, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-git218-git-subtree, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-git218-perl-git-svn, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-git218-git-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-git218-git-core-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-git218-git, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-git218-git-instaweb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-git218-git-p4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-git218-gitweb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-git218-perl-git, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-git218-git-email, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-git218-git-gui, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-git218-git-all

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/10/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/23/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-19486

CWE: 426

RHSA: 2018:3800

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