SB2017012617 - Improper access control in libgit2-0.27 (Alpine package)
Published: January 26, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017012617
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10130)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
The http_connect function in transports/http.c in libgit2 before 0.24.6 and 0.25.x before 0.25.1 might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers by leveraging clobbering of the error variable.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=c8d39d0ddffc93f57a87b567422cbdbbd707e1f9
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=5f77150ab6ff54d6897006bf52ae9685ed41d884
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=60e6b42c26c116a5810745d0da6792f3f8fe1d5f
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=322e4dec713220f3d26b24753df9fdb5d389928e