CVE-2016-8568

Name	CVE-2016-8568
Description	The git_commit_message function in oid.c in libgit2 before 0.24.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a cat-file command with a crafted object file.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SuSE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
NVD severity	medium (attack range: remote)
Debian Bugs	840227, 860989

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
cargo (PTS)	buster	0.17.0-2	vulnerable
	sid	0.20.0-2	vulnerable
libgit2 (PTS)	jessie	0.21.1-3	vulnerable
	stretch	0.25.1+really0.24.6-1	fixed
	buster, sid	0.26.0+dfsg.1-1.1	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Debian Bugs
cargo	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	medium	860989
cargo	source	experimental	0.17.0-1~exp1	medium
libgit2	source	(unstable)	0.24.5-1	medium	840227

[jessie] - libgit2 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/issues/3936