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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : git (SUSE-SU-2018:4088-3)

2019-10-0400:00:00
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This update for git fixes the following issue :

CVE-2018-17456: Git allowed remote code execution during processing of a recursive ‘git clone’ of a superproject if a .gitmodules file has a URL field beginning with a ‘-’ character. (boo#1110949).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2018:4088-3.
# The text itself is copyright (C) SUSE.
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(129578);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/04/19");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-17456");

  script_name(english:"SUSE SLES12 Security Update : git (SUSE-SU-2018:4088-3)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"This update for git fixes the following issue :

CVE-2018-17456: Git allowed remote code execution during processing of
a recursive 'git clone' of a superproject if a .gitmodules file has a
URL field beginning with a '-' character. (boo#1110949).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1110949");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17456/");
  # https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2019/suse-su-20184088-3/
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?69a15c88");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4:zypper in -t
patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2019-1073=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-1073=1");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-17456");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Malicious Git HTTP Server For CVE-2018-17456');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/10/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/10/03");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/10/04");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:git-core");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:git-core-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:git-debugsource");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^(SLE(S|D)\d+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "SUSE");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(SLES12)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE SLES12", "SUSE " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "x86_64" >!< cpu && "s390x" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "SUSE " + os_ver, cpu);

sp = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
if (isnull(sp)) sp = "0";
if (os_ver == "SLES12" && (! preg(pattern:"^(4)$", string:sp))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES12 SP4", os_ver + " SP" + sp);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"4", reference:"git-core-2.12.3-27.17.2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"4", reference:"git-core-debuginfo-2.12.3-27.17.2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"4", reference:"git-debugsource-2.12.3-27.17.2")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "git");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
novellsuse_linuxgit-corep-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:git-core
novellsuse_linuxgit-core-debuginfop-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:git-core-debuginfo
novellsuse_linuxgit-debugsourcep-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:git-debugsource
novellsuse_linux12cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12