Debian DSA-3545-1 : cgit - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 90410

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Synopsis

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

Description

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in cgit, a fast web frontend for git repositories written in C. A remote attacker can take advantage of these flaws to perform cross-site scripting, header injection or denial of service attacks.

Solution

Upgrade the cgit packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 0.10.2.git2.0.1-3+deb8u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 90410

File Name: debian_DSA-3545.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/8/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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:cgit, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/7/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1899, CVE-2016-1900, CVE-2016-1901

DSA: 3545

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