Vulnerability Details : CVE-2016-1901
Potential exploit
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.
Vulnerability category: Overflow
Products affected by CVE-2016-1901
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cgit_project:cgit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-1901
2.88%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 89 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2016-1901
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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7.5
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HIGH | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
10.0
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6.4
|
NIST | |
9.8
|
CRITICAL | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
3.9
|
5.9
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2016-1901
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The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2016-1901
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/6
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: CGit - Multiple vulnerabilitiesPatch
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http://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2016-January/002817.html
[ANNOUNCE] CGIT v0.12 ReleasedPatch
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/3
oss-security - CVE Request: CGit - Multiple vulnerabilitiesExploit
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00067.html
openSUSE-SU-2016:0196-1: moderate: Security update for cgit
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http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176167.html
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: cgit-0.12-1.fc22
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http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=4458abf64172a62b92810c2293450106e6dfc763
cgit - A hyperfast web frontend for git repositories written in C.
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00084.html
openSUSE-SU-2016:0218-1: moderate: Security update for cgit
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http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176198.html
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: cgit-0.12-1.fc23
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http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3545
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3545-1 cgit
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