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openSUSE Security Update : libgit2 (openSUSE-2016-1450)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 95756

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

libgit2 was updated to fix two security issues.

These security issues were fixed :

 - CVE-2016-8568: Read out-of-bounds in git_oid_nfmt (bsc#1003810).

 - CVE-2016-8569: DoS caused by a NULL pointer dereference in git_commit_message (bsc#1003810). This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected libgit2 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1003810

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 95756

File Name: openSUSE-2016-1450.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/13/2016

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgit2-24, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgit2-24-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgit2-24-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgit2-24-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgit2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgit2-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/12/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-8568, CVE-2016-8569