It was discovered that gitweb, the web interface for the Git version control system, contained several vulnerabilities :
Remote attackers could use crafted requests to execute shell commands on the web server, using the snapshot generation and pickaxe search functionality (CVE-2008-5916 ).
Local users with write access to the configuration of a Git repository served by gitweb could cause gitweb to execute arbitrary shell commands with the permission of the web server (CVE-2008-5516, CVE-2008-5517 ).
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-1708. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(35425);
script_version("1.16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-5516", "CVE-2008-5517", "CVE-2008-5916");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"1708");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-1708-1 : git-core - shell command injection");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"It was discovered that gitweb, the web interface for the Git version
control system, contained several vulnerabilities :
Remote attackers could use crafted requests to execute shell commands
on the web server, using the snapshot generation and pickaxe search
functionality (CVE-2008-5916 ).
Local users with write access to the configuration of a Git repository
served by gitweb could cause gitweb to execute arbitrary shell
commands with the permission of the web server (CVE-2008-5516,
CVE-2008-5517 )."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512330"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5916"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5516"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5517"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5516"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1708"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the Git packages.
For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.4.4.4-4+etch1."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_cwe_id(78, 94, 264);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:git-core");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/01/19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/01/20");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"git-arch", reference:"1.4.4.4-4+etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"git-core", reference:"1.4.4.4-4+etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"git-cvs", reference:"1.4.4.4-4+etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"git-daemon-run", reference:"1.4.4.4-4+etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"git-doc", reference:"1.4.4.4-4+etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"git-email", reference:"1.4.4.4-4+etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"git-svn", reference:"1.4.4.4-4+etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"gitk", reference:"1.4.4.4-4+etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"gitweb", reference:"1.4.4.4-4+etch1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
debian | debian_linux | git-core | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:git-core |
debian | debian_linux | 4.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0 |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5516
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5517
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5916
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512330
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5516
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5517
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5916
www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1708