SUSE SLES12 Security Update : git (SUSE-SU-2025:03022-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 258143

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:03022-1 advisory.

- CVE-2025-27613: Fixed arbitrary writable file creation and truncation in Gitk (bsc#1245938)
- CVE-2025-46835: Fixed arbitrary writable file creation when cloning untrusted repository in Git GUI (bsc#1245942)
- CVE-2025-48384: Fixed arbitrary writable file creation when cloning untrusted repositories with submodules using the --recursive flag (bsc#1245943)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 258143

File Name: suse_SU-2025-03022-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/30/2025

Updated: 8/30/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-48384

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-46835

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:git-web, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:git-gui, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:git-cvs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:git, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:git-daemon, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gitk, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:git-core, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:git-email, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:git-svn

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/29/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2025

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 9/15/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-27613, CVE-2025-46835, CVE-2025-48384

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:03022-1

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