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NULL Pointer Dereference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package libgit2  (opens in a new tab)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1904-LIBGIT2-663599
  • published3 Feb 2017
  • disclosed3 Feb 2017
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Introduced: 3 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-8569  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:19.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libgit2 package and not the libgit2 package as distributed by Ubuntu.

The git_oid_nfmt function in commit.c in libgit2 before 0.24.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a cat-file command with a crafted object file.

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