Out-of-bounds Read Affecting gitk package, versions <2.16.4-3.3.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.5% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-GITK-2762061
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed3 Jul 2018

Introduced: 3 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-11233  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 gitk to version 2.16.4-3.3.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gitk package and not the gitk package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Git before 2.13.7, 2.14.x before 2.14.4, 2.15.x before 2.15.2, 2.16.x before 2.16.4, and 2.17.x before 2.17.1, code to sanity-check pathnames on NTFS can result in reading out-of-bounds memory.