GLSA-202003-30 : Git: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 134607

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202003-30 (Git: Multiple vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Git. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact :

An attacker could possibly overwrite arbitrary paths, execute arbitrary code, and overwrite files in the .git directory.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Git 2.21.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-vcs/git-2.21.1' All Git 2.23.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-vcs/git-2.23.1-r1' All Git 2.24.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-vcs/git-2.24.1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-30

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 134607

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202003-30.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 3/16/2020

Updated: 3/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-19604

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1353

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:git, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/11/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1348, CVE-2019-1349, CVE-2019-1350, CVE-2019-1351, CVE-2019-1352, CVE-2019-1353, CVE-2019-1354, CVE-2019-1387, CVE-2019-19604

GLSA: 202003-30