CVE-2016-1901

NameCVE-2016-1901
DescriptionInteger 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-3545-1
Debian Bugs812411

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
cgit (PTS)buster1.2.1+git2.18.0-1fixed
bullseye1.2.3+git2.25.1-1fixed
sid, trixie, bookworm1.2.3+git20221219.50.91f2590+git2.39.1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
cgitsourcejessie0.10.2.git2.0.1-3+deb8u1DSA-3545-1
cgitsource(unstable)0.11.2.git2.3.2-1.1812411

Notes

http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=4458abf64172a62b92810c2293450106e6dfc763 (v0.12)

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