CVE-2016-2315

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    CVE-2016-2315

    Published: 8 Apr 2016Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: revision.c in git before 2.7.4 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) long filename or (2) many nested trees, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

    References: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183147.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179121.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/180763.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00059.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00061.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00062.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00071.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00074.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00076.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00077.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00011.html, http://pastebin.com/UX2P2jjg, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0496.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3521, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84355, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035290, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2938-1, https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.4.txt, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-01, https://github.com/git/git/commit/34fa79a6cde56d6d428ab0d3160cb094ebad3305, https://github.com/git/git/commit/de1e67d0703894cb6ea782e36abb63976ab07e60, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00060.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/5

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 594730e980521310d88006d91f3f14ef5eff1e2b
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.7.3

    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
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