CVE-2016-1901

Published: Jan 20, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

9.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

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 (2)

Products: Fedoraproject: Fedora · Cgit Project: Cgit

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 22

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Cgit Project Cgit	Up to 0.11.2

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (18)

http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=4458abf64172a62b92810c2293450106e6dfc763

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176167.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176198.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00067.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00084.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2016-January/002817.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3545

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/3

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/6

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=4458abf64172a62b92810c2293450106e6dfc763