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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Git vulnerabilities (USN-2938-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 90095

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2938-1 advisory.

 Lal Cellier discovered that Git incorrectly handled path strings in crafted Git repositories. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Git. (CVE-2016-2315, CVE-2016-2324)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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 affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2938-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 90095

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2938-1.nasl

Version: 2.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/22/2016

Updated: 8/27/2024

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: 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 Score Source: CVE-2016-2324

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: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-el, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-all, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-daemon-sysvinit, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-cvs, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-email, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-core, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-gui, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-daemon-run, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-svn, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gitk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-man, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gitweb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-bzr, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-arch, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:git-mediawiki

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/21/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/8/2016

Reference Information

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

USN: 2938-1