CVE-2016-10130

MEDIUM

libgit2 <0.24.6, <0.25.1 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm

Description

The http_connect function in transports/http.c in libgit2 before 0.24.6 and 0.25.x before 0.25.1 might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers by leveraging clobbering of the error variable.

References (9)

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00030.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00036.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00072.html

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/10/5

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/11/6

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/9a64e62f0f20c9cf9b2e1609f037060eb2d8eb22

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/b5c6a1b407b7f8b952bded2789593b68b1876211

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://libgit2.github.com/security/

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95359

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0105

EPSS Percentile 77.4%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-284

Status published

Affected Products (5)

libgit2_project/libgit2 < 0.24.5

libgit2_project/libgit2

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Mar 24, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026