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Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 : git-core vulnerabilities (USN-723-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 36720
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
It was discovered that Git did not properly handle long file paths. If a user were tricked into performing commands on a specially crafted Git repository, an attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2008-3546)It was discovered that the Git web interface (gitweb) did not correctly handle shell metacharacters when processing certain commands. A remote attacker could send specially crafted commands to the Git server and execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the Git web server. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 7.10 and 8.04 LTS.
(CVE-2008-5516, CVE-2008-5517)
It was discovered that the Git web interface (gitweb) did not properly restrict the diff.external configuration parameter. A local attacker could exploit this issue and execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the Git web server. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 8.04 LTS and 8.10. (CVE-2008-5916).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 36720
File Name: ubuntu_USN-723-1.nasl
Version: 1.15
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 4/23/2009
Updated: 1/19/2021
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: 6.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-cvs, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-email, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-core, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-gui, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-daemon-run, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-p4, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-svn, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gitk, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gitweb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-arch, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-doc, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/18/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-3546, CVE-2008-5516, CVE-2008-5517, CVE-2008-5916