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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61754
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2008-9080 (git)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to git
announced via advisory FEDORA-2008-9080.

ChangeLog:

* Wed Oct 22 2008 Josh Boyer 1.5.6.5-1
- git-1.5.6.5 (bug 458156)
* Mon May 26 2008 James Bowes 1.5.5.2-1
- git-1.5.5.2
* Fri May 23 2008 Dennis Gilmore 1.5.5.1-1.1
- minor rebuild for sparc

References:

[ 1 ] Bug #458146 - CVE-2008-3546 git: Pathname Processing Multiple Buffer Overflows
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458146

Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.

This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use
su -c 'yum update git' at the command line.
For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum,
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2008-9080

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
7.5

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
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