CVE-2016-2324

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    CVE-2016-2324

    Published: 8 Apr 2016Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Integer overflow in Git before 2.7.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) long filename or (2) many nested trees, which triggers 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/msg00060.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.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/5, 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/de1e67d0703894cb6ea782e36abb63976ab07e60

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    v2.7.0
    v2.7.3
    v2.7.2
    v2.7.1
    v2.7.0-rc3
    v2.7.0-rc1
    v2.7.0-rc2
    v2.7.0-rc0

    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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