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AlmaLinux 9 : git (ALSA-2025:11462)

high Nessus Plugin ID 242620

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2025:11462 advisory.

 * git: Git does not sanitize URLs when asking for credentials interactively (CVE-2024-50349)
 * git: Newline confusion in credential helpers can lead to credential exfiltration in git (CVE-2024-52006)
 * git: Git arbitrary code execution (CVE-2025-48384)
 * git: Git arbitrary file writes (CVE-2025-48385)
 * gitk: Git file creation flaw (CVE-2025-27613)
 * gitk: git script execution flaw (CVE-2025-27614)
 * git: Git GUI can create and overwrite files for which the user has write permission (CVE-2025-46835)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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 affected packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2025-11462.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:11462

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 242620

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2025-11462.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 7/23/2025

Updated: 7/23/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.7

Temporal Score: 7.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-48385

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-27614

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Threat Score: 7.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:git-subtree, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:git-core-doc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:git-instaweb, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:git-svn, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:git-email, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:git-daemon, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:git-core, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:git-gui, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-git-svn, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:git-all, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:gitk, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:perl-git, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:git, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:gitweb, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:git-credential-libsecret, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-50349, CVE-2024-52006, CVE-2025-27613, CVE-2025-27614, CVE-2025-46835, CVE-2025-48384, CVE-2025-48385

CWE: 116, 147, 150, 436, 59, 73, 88

RHSA: 2025:11462