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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201605-01

🗓️ 09 May 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Eero VolotinenType 
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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201605-01 describes a vulnerability in Git that allows remote code execution through cloning repositories with large filenames or nested trees, and through executing arbitrary code in URLs within Git protocols

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Eero Volotinen
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.121462");
  script_version("2026-04-24T15:56:23+0000");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-05-09 14:21:28 +0300 (Mon, 09 May 2016)");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 15:56:23 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_name("Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201605-01");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Git is vulnerable to the remote execution of arbitrary code by cloning repositories with large filenames or a large number of nested trees. Additionally, some protocols within Git, such as git-remote-ext, can execute arbitrary code found within URLs. These URLs that submodules use may come from arbitrary sources (e.g., .gitmodules files in a remote repository), and can effect those who enable recursive fetch. Restrict the allowed protocols to well known and safe ones.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages to the latest available version.");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-01");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-7545", "CVE-2016-2315", "CVE-2016-2324");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-06-21 15:18:00 +0000 (Wed, 21 Jun 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/gentoo", "ssh/login/pkg");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Gentoo Linux Local Security Checks GLSA 201605-01");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Eero Volotinen");
  script_family("Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-gentoo.inc");

res = "";
report = "";

if((res=ispkgvuln(pkg:"dev-vcs/git", unaffected: make_list("ge 2.7.3-r1"), vulnerable: make_list("lt 2.7.3-r1"))) != NULL) {
  report += res;
}

if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
}

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