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Fedora 12 : cgit-0.8.2.1-4.fc12 (2010-15501)

high Nessus Plugin ID 49818

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This fixes a security issue where a special crafted .git file could cause arbitrary code execution (CVE-2010-2542).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected cgit package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=618108

http://www.nessus.org/u?0670ca6f

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 49818

File Name: fedora_2010-15501.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/11/2010

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:cgit, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:12

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2542

BID: 41891

FEDORA: 2010-15501