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openSUSE Security Update : cgit (openSUSE-2018-864)

high Nessus Plugin ID 111738

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for cgit to version 1.2.1 fixes the following issues :

The following security vulnerability was addressed :

 - CVE-2018-14912: Fixed a directory traversal vulnerability, when enable-http-clone=1 is not turned off (boo#1103799)

The following other changes were made :

 - Update to upstream release 1.2.1 :

 - syntax-highlighting: replace invalid unicode with '?'

 - ui-repolist: properly sort by age

 - ui-patch: fix crash when using path limit

 - Update bundled git to 2.11.1

 - Update to upstream release 1.0 :

 - Add repo.homepage/gitweb.homepage setting and homepage tab.

 - Show reverse paths in title bar so that browser tab shows filename.

 - Allow redirects even when caching is turned on.

 - More gracefully deal with unparsable commits.

Solution

Update the affected cgit packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1103799

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 111738

File Name: openSUSE-2018-864.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/15/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cgit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cgit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cgit-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-14912