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
Patch mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2016-January/002817.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176198.html
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=4458abf64172a62b92810c2293450106e6dfc763
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