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CentOS 7 : git (RHSA-2023:0978)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 172034

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:0978 advisory.

 - git: gitattributes parsing integer overflow (CVE-2022-23521)

 - git: Heap overflow in `git archive`, `git log --format` leading to RCE (CVE-2022-41903)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0978

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 172034

File Name: centos_RHSA-2023-0978.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/1/2023

Updated: 12/22/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-41903

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/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/cpu, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/1/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/17/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-23521, CVE-2022-41903

CWE: 190

RHSA: 2023:0978