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CVE-2016-8568

Date: February 3, 2017

The git_commit_message function in oid.c in libgit2 before 0.24.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a cat-file command with a crafted object file.

Language: C

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (16)

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00110.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8568

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93466

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8568

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00103.html

Url: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-8568

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00114.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/08/7

Url: https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.24.3

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X3JBSNJAXP7JA3TGE2NPNRTD77JXFG4E/

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00075.html

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1383211

Url: https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/issues/3936

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XVUEIG6EESZB6BRU2IE3F5NRUEHMAEKC/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4E77DG5KGQ7L34U75QY7O6NIPKZNQHQJ/

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-8568

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-125

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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