CVE-2016-1901

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    CVE-2016-1901

    Published: 20 Jan 2016Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=4458abf64172a62b92810c2293450106e6dfc763, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176167.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176198.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00067.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00084.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3545, http://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2016-January/002817.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/6, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/3

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    v0.11.2
    v0.11.1
    v0.11.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High