Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libgit2/libgit2 package, versions [,0.26.6)[0.27.0,0.27.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.37% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBGIT2LIBGIT2-2366299
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed18 Aug 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-15501  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libgit2/libgit2 to version 0.26.6, 0.27.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. In ng_pkt in transports/smart_pkt.c in libgit2 before 0.26.6 and 0.27.x before 0.27.4, a remote attacker can send a crafted smart-protocol "ng" packet that lacks a '\0' byte to trigger an out-of-bounds read that leads to DoS.

CVSS Base Scores

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