openSUSE Security Update : libgit2 (openSUSE-2018-1517)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 119546

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for libgit2 fixes the following issues :

Security issue fixed :

- CVE-2018-17456: Submodule URLs and paths with a leading '-' are now ignored to avoid injecting options into library consumers that perform recursive clones (bsc#1110949).

Non-security issues fixed :

- Version update to version 0.26.8 (bsc#1114729).

- Full changelog can be found at :

- https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.26.8

- https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.26.7

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected libgit2 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 119546

File Name: openSUSE-2018-1517.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/10/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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: 9.1

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgit2-26, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgit2-26-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgit2-26-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgit2-26-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgit2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgit2-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0

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: 12/8/2018

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Malicious Git HTTP Server For CVE-2018-17456)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-17456

Detections

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