CVE-2011-1027 Information

Description

Off-by-one error in the convert_query_hexchar function in html.c in cgit.cgi in cgit before 0.8.3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a string composed of a (percent) character followed by invalid hex characters as demonstrated by a gg sequence.

Reference

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/168493 http://hjemli.net/git/cgit/commit/?h=stable&id=fc384b16fb9787380746000d3cea2d53fccc548e http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055896.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055898.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055966.html http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/3 http://secunia.com/advisories/43633 http://secunia.com/advisories/43788 http://www.osvdb.org/71005 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46756 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0667 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680905 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65919