VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-1901
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.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 3.79%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.79%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.79% probability · 89th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- fedoraproject/fedora · cgit project/cgit
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
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.htmlPatch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3545
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/3Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/6Patch
- 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.htmlPatch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3545
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/3Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/6Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.