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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : git (SUSE-SU-2015:2025-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 86943
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The git package was updated to fix the following security issue :- Fix remote code execution with recursive fetch of submodules (bsc#948969).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-857=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-857=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 86943
File Name: suse_SU-2015-2025-1.nasl
Version: 2.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 11/19/2015
Updated: 4/2/2025
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:git-core, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:git-core-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:git-debugsource
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 11/18/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/18/2015