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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.1.2.2015.231
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-231-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'dulwich' package(s) announced via the DLA-231-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'dulwich' package(s) announced via the DLA-231-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Ivan Fratric of the Google Security Team has found a buffer overflow in the C implementation of the apply_delta() function, used when accessing Git objects in pack files. An attacker could take advantage of this flaw to cause the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running a Git server or client based on Dulwich.

For the oldoldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.1-1+deb6u1.

Affected Software/OS:
'dulwich' package(s) on Debian 6.

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-2015-0838
Debian Security Information: DSA-3206 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3206
https://lists.launchpad.net/dulwich-users/msg00829.html
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