RHEL 9 : git-lfs (RHSA-2025:7256)

high Nessus Plugin ID 237308

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for git-lfs.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:7256 advisory.

Git Large File Storage (LFS) replaces large files such as audio samples, videos, datasets, and graphics with text pointers inside Git, while storing the file contents on a remote server.

Security Fix(es):

* golang: crypto/tls: panic when processing post-handshake message on QUIC connections (CVE-2023-39321)

* golang: crypto/tls: lack of a limit on buffered post-handshake (CVE-2023-39322)

* golang: net: malformed DNS message can cause infinite loop (CVE-2024-24788)

* golang: net/netip: Unexpected behavior from Is methods for IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses (CVE-2024-24790)

* net/http: Denial of service due to improper 100-continue handling in net/http (CVE-2024-24791)

* golang-fips: Golang FIPS zeroed buffer (CVE-2024-9355)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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 RHEL git-lfs package based on the guidance in RHSA-2025:7256.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 237308

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2025-7256.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 5/27/2025

Updated: 5/27/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

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-2024-24790

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Threat Score: 5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-9355

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:git-lfs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/7/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-39321, CVE-2023-39322, CVE-2024-24788, CVE-2024-24790, CVE-2024-24791, CVE-2024-9355

CWE: 115, 20, 457, 770, 835

RHSA: 2025:7256

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