Out-of-Bounds Affecting cgit package, versions <0.11.2.git2.3.2-1.1
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-CGIT-275001
- published20 Jan 2016
- disclosed20 Jan 2016
Introduced: 20 Jan 2016
CVE-2016-1901 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9 cgit to version 0.11.2.git2.3.2-1.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cgit package and not the cgit package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
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
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1901
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3545
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176167.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176198.html
- http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=4458abf64172a62b92810c2293450106e6dfc763
- http://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2016-January/002817.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00067.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00084.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/6