Debian Security Advisory DSA 1708-1 (git-core)

The remote host is missing an update to git-core announced via advisory DSA 1708-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb17081.nasl 6615 2017-07-07 12:09:52Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 1708-1 git-core Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2009 E-Soft Inc...

Debian DSA-1708-1 : git-core - shell command injection

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...