Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61595
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1637-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'git-core' package(s) announced via the DSA-1637-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'git-core' package(s) announced via the DSA-1637-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in git-core, the core of the git distributed revision control system. Improper path length limitations in git's diff and grep functions, in combination with maliciously crafted repositories or changes, could enable a stack buffer overflow and potentially the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies this vulnerability as CVE-2008-3546. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.6.5-1. We recommend that you upgrade your git-core packages. Affected Software/OS: 'git-core' package(s) on Debian 4. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-3546 BugTraq ID: 30549 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30549 Bugtraq: 20080812 rPSA-2008-0253-1 git gitweb (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495391/100/0/threaded Debian Security Information: DSA-1637 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1637 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00729.html http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-16.xml http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2008/7/16/2529284 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020627 http://secunia.com/advisories/31347 http://secunia.com/advisories/31780 http://secunia.com/advisories/32029 http://secunia.com/advisories/32384 http://secunia.com/advisories/33964 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-723-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2306 XForce ISS Database: git-multiple-bo(44217) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44217
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG

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