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openSUSE Security Update : libgit2 (openSUSE-2017-121)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 96647

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for libgit2 fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2016-8568: Fixed and out-of-bounds read in git_oid_nfmt (bsc#1003810).

 - CVE-2016-8569: DoS using a NULL pointer dereference in git_commit_message (bsc#1003810).

Solution

Update the affected libgit2 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1003810

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 96647

File Name: openSUSE-2017-121.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/20/2017

Updated: 1/5/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-8569

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgit2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgit2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgit2-22, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgit2-22-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgit2-22-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgit2-22-debuginfo-32bit

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/19/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-8568, CVE-2016-8569