SB2016012006 - Buffer overflow in cgit
Published: January 20, 2016 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016012006
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1901)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=4458abf64172a62b92810c2293450106e6dfc763
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176167.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176198.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00067.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00084.html
- http://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2016-January/002817.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3545
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/6