CVE-2016-1901

CRITICAL

CGit <0.12 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Integer overflow in the authenticate_post function in CGit before 0.12 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a large value in the Content-Length HTTP header, which triggers a buffer overflow.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/3
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00084.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176198.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00067.html
Patch mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/6
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3545
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176167.html

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0379
EPSS Percentile 88.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (2)
cgit_project/cgit < 0.11.2
fedoraproject/fedora 22
Published Jan 20, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026