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openSUSE Security Update : cgit (openSUSE-2016-86)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 88399

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update to cgit 0.12 fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2016-1899: Reflected Cross Site Scripting and Header Injection in Mimetype Query String

 - CVE-2016-1900: Stored Cross Site Scripting and Header Injection in Filename Parameter

 - CVE-2016-1901: Integer Overflow resulting in Buffer Overflow

The bundled git version was updated to 2.7.0.

Solution

Update the affected cgit packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=948969

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=961916

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 88399

File Name: openSUSE-2016-86.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/27/2016

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cgit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cgit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cgit-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/24/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1899, CVE-2016-1900, CVE-2016-1901