CVE-2016-1901
N/A
Published: January 20, 2016 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:42 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraCgit
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 0.11.2
95%
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- 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
References (9)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=4458abf64172a62b92810c2293450106e6dfc763Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176167.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176198.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00067.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00084.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2016-January/002817.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3545Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/3Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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