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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.131279
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2016-0119)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'cgit, git' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2016-0119 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'cgit, git' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2016-0119 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
There is a buffer overflow vulnerability possibly leading to remote code
execution in git. It can happen while pushing or cloning a repository with
a large filename or a large number of nested trees (CVE-2016-2315,
CVE-2016-2324).

The git package has been updated to version 2.7.4, which fixes this issue,
as well as several other bugs.

The cgit package bundles git, and its bundled copy of git has also been
updated to version 2.7.4.

Affected Software/OS:
'cgit, git' package(s) on Mageia 5.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
10.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-2315
BugTraq ID: 84355
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84355
Debian Security Information: DSA-3521 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3521
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179121.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183147.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/180763.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-01
http://pastebin.com/UX2P2jjg
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/5
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:0496
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0496.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035290
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:0796 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00059.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2016:0798 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00060.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0802 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00061.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0803 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00062.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0826 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00071.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0829 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00074.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0831 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00076.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0832 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00077.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:0958 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00011.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2938-1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-2324
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