Debian DSA-3521-1 : git - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 90032

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Lael Cellier discovered two buffer overflow vulnerabilities in git, a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system, which could be exploited for remote execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the git packages.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1:1.7.10.4-1+wheezy3.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1:2.1.4-2.1+deb8u2.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 90032

File Name: debian_DSA-3521.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/21/2016

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: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

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:debian:debian_linux:git, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/19/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2315, CVE-2016-2324

DSA: 3521

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