Critical severity · published Jan 20, 2016
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,…
9.8
CVSS
3.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.8% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CG
Cgit · Cgit Project
through 0.11.2 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
22 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1901
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1901
git.zx2c4.com
http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=4458abf64172a62b92810c2293450106e6dfc763
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176167.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176198.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00067.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00084.html
Patch
http://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2016-January/002817.html
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