GLSA-202411-05 : libgit2: Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 210448

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202411-05 (libgit2: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libgit2. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo 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

All libgit2 users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=dev-libs/libgit2-1.7.2

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202411-05

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=891525

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=923971

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 210448

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202411-05.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 11/6/2024

Updated: 11/6/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-22742

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:libgit2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/6/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/20/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-22742