RHEL 8 : git-lfs (RHSA-2024:3346)

high Nessus Plugin ID 197869

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for git-lfs.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3346 advisory.

Git Large File Storage (LFS) replaces large files such as audio samples, videos, datasets, and graphics with text pointers inside Git, while storing the file contents on a remote server.

Security Fix(es):

* golang: net/http, x/net/http2: unlimited number of CONTINUATION frames causes DoS (CVE-2023-45288)

* golang: net/http/cookiejar: incorrect forwarding of sensitive headers and cookies on HTTP redirect (CVE-2023-45289)

* golang: net/http: memory exhaustion in Request.ParseMultipartForm (CVE-2023-45290)

* golang: crypto/x509: Verify panics on certificates with an unknown public key algorithm (CVE-2024-24783)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, 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 these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL git-lfs package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:3346.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 197869

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-3346.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 5/23/2024

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-45289

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:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-45288

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:git-lfs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/23/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/5/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-45288, CVE-2023-45289, CVE-2023-45290, CVE-2024-24783

CWE: 20, 200, 400

RHSA: 2024:3346

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