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openSUSE Security Update : git (git-398)

high Nessus Plugin ID 39970

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

A malicious repository owner could specify a custom git diff command and therefore could execute arbitrary commands.

Solution

Update the affected git packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=456444

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459664

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 39970

File Name: suse_11_0_git-090108.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:git, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:git-email, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:git-arch, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:git-cvs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:git-svn, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:git-core, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gitk

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2009