CVE-2016-1901 Information

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

Reference

http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=4458abf64172a62b92810c2293450106e6dfc763 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176167.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176198.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00067.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00084.html http://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2016-January/002817.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3545 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/6

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8