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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.704212
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4212-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'git' package(s) announced via the DSA-4212-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'git' package(s) announced via the DSA-4212-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Etienne Stalmans discovered that git, a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system, is prone to an arbitrary code execution vulnerability exploitable via specially crafted submodule names in a .gitmodules file.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1:2.1.4-2.1+deb8u6.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1:2.11.0-3+deb9u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your git packages.

For the detailed security status of git please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references]

Affected Software/OS:
'git' package(s) on Debian 8, Debian 9.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-11235
BugTraq ID: 104345
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104345
Debian Security Information: DSA-4212 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4212
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44822/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-13
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/devops/2018/05/29/announcing-the-may-2018-git-security-vulnerability/
https://marc.info/?l=git&m=152761328506724&w=2
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2018:1957
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1957
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2018:2147
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2147
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040991
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:0598 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00003.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3671-1/
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