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CVE-2016-1901

Date: January 20, 2016

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (12)

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1901
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/3
http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=4458abf64172a62b92810c2293450106e6dfc763
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1901
http://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2016-January/002817.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00084.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176198.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176167.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00067.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3545
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-1901

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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