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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : git (SUSE-SU-2017:1357-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 100319

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for git fixes the following issues :

 - git 2.12.3 :

 - CVE-2017-8386: Fix git-shell not to escape with the starting dash name (bsc#1038395)

 - Fix for potential segv introduced in v2.11.0 and later

 - Misc fixes and cleanups.

 - git 2.12.2 :

 - CLI output fixes

 - 'Dump http' transport fixes

 - various fixes for internal code paths

 - Trailer 'Cc:' RFC fix

 - git 2.12.1 :

 - Reduce authentication round-trip over HTTP when the server supports just a single authentication method.

 - 'git add -i' patch subcommand fixed to have a path selection

 - various path verification fixes

 - fix 'git log -L...' buffer overrun

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

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-830=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2017-830=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-830=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-830=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-830=1

OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7:zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Magnum-Orchestration-7-2017-830=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1038395

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8386/

http://www.nessus.org/u?83b3277e

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 100319

File Name: suse_SU-2017-1357-1.nasl

Version: 3.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/22/2017

Updated: 12/18/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-8386

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:git-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:git-core, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:git-core-debuginfo

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/19/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8386