CentOS 7 : git (CESA-2020:1511)

high Nessus Plugin ID 136197

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1511 advisory.

- git: Crafted URL containing new lines can cause credential leak (CVE-2020-5260)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected git packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?89325e66

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 136197

File Name: centos_RHSA-2020-1511.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/1/2020

Updated: 6/5/2020

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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 Score Source: CVE-2020-5260

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:centos:centos:emacs-git, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:emacs-git-el, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git-all, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git-bzr, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git-cvs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git-daemon, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git-email, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git-gnome-keyring, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git-gui, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git-hg, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git-instaweb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git-p4, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:git-svn, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gitk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gitweb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-git, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:perl-git-svn, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/30/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/14/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-5260

RHSA: 2020:1511