medium6.5
CVE-2012-4465
Heap-based buffer overflow in the substr function in parsing.c in cgit 0.9.0.3 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (cras…
Impact
Heap-based buffer overflow in the substr function in parsing.c in cgit 0.9.0.3 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an empty username in the "Author" field in a commit.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Lars Hjemli | Cgit | through 0.9.0.3 Versions 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=7757d1b046ecb67b830151d20715c658867df1ec
- http://hjemli.net/pipermail/cgit/2012-July/000652.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50734
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/30/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/03/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55724
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820733
- http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=7757d1b046ecb67b830151d20715c658867df1ec
- http://hjemli.net/pipermail/cgit/2012-July/000652.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50734
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/30/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/03/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55724
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820733