CVE-2016-1901
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.79% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-01-20 16:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 23:10Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-01-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- aaf408582a2da26c16cc2b2b6a93b80d7c977f99cc03a950b99398561749d59c
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160114 CVE Request: CGit - Multiple vulnerabilitieshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/3
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0218http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00084.html
- lists.zx2c4.com[CGit] 20160114 [ANNOUNCE] CGIT v0.12 Releasedhttp://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2016-January/002817.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-e5a5fb196fhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176198.html
- git.zx2c4.comhttp://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=4458abf64172a62b92810c2293450106e6dfc763
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0196http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00067.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160114 Re: CVE Request: CGit - Multiple vulnerabilitieshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/6
- www.debian.orgDSA-3545http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3545
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-215b507409http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176167.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- cgit Fixed in 0.11.2.git2.3.2-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- cgit Fixed in 0.11.2.git2.3.2-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- cgit Fixed in 0.11.2.git2.3.2-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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