| 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, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 840227, 860989 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| cargo (PTS) | buster | 0.43.1-3~deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 0.47.0-3 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 0.66.0+ds1-1 | fixed |
| libgit2 (PTS) | buster | 0.27.7+dfsg.1-0.2 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 0.27.7+dfsg.1-0.2+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1.1.0+dfsg.1-4+deb11u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 1.5.1+ds-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| cargo | source | experimental | 0.17.0-1~exp1 | | | |
| cargo | source | (unstable) | 0.17.0-1 | | | 860989 |
| libgit2 | source | (unstable) | 0.24.5-1 | | | 840227 |
Notes
[jessie] - libgit2 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/issues/3936