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Amazon Linux 2 : git (ALAS-2025-2884)

high Nessus Plugin ID 238355

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of git installed on the remote host is prior to 2.47.1-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2025-2884 advisory.

 Git is a source code management tool. When cloning from a server (or fetching, or pushing), informational or error messages are transported from the remote Git process to the client via the so-called sideband channel. These messages will be prefixed with remote: and printed directly to the standard error output. Typically, this standard error output is connected to a terminal that understands ANSI escape sequences, which Git did not protect against. Most modern terminals support control sequences that can be used by a malicious actor to hide and misrepresent information, or to mislead the user into executing untrusted scripts. As requested on the git-security mailing list, the patches are under discussion on the public mailing list. Users are advised to update as soon as possible. Users unable to upgrade should avoid recursive clones unless they are from trusted sources. (CVE-2024-52005)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

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

Solution

Run 'yum update git' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2025-2884.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-52005.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 238355

File Name: al2_ALAS-2025-2884.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/12/2025

Updated: 6/12/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-52005

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/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: 7.5

Threat Score: 4.8

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-subtree, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-svn, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gitweb, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gitk, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-instaweb, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-credential-libsecret, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-daemon, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-all, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-p4, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-core-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-git, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-cvs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-core, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-email, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:git-gui, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-git-svn

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/12/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/15/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-52005