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CVE-2016-1901

Published: 20 January 2016

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
cgit
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Not vulnerable
(0.11.2.git2.3.2-1.1)
precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (0.11.2.git2.3.2-1.1)
vivid Ignored
(end of life)
wily Ignored
(end of life)
xenial Not vulnerable
(0.11.2.git2.3.2-1.1)
yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)
Patches:
upstream: http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=4458abf64172a62b92810c2293450106e6dfc763

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H