CVE-2016-10129

Summary

CVECVE-2016-10129
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-24 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-03-28 01:59:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Git Smart Protocol support in libgit2 before 0.24.6 and 0.25.x before 0.25.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via an empty packet line.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libgit2 Project Libgit2 0.25.0 All All All
Application Libgit2 Project Libgit2 0.25.0 rc1 All All
Application Libgit2 Project Libgit2 0.25.0 rc2 All All
Application Libgit2 Project Libgit2 All All All All
Application Libgit2 Project Libgit2 0.25.0 All All All
Application Libgit2 Project Libgit2 0.25.0 rc1 All All
Application Libgit2 Project Libgit2 0.25.0 rc2 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
openSUSE-SU-2017:0484-1: moderate: Security update for libgit2 SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
libgit2 CONFIRM libgit2.github.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - CVE Request: two security fixes in libgit2 0.25.1, 0.24.6 MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2017:0397-1: moderate: Security update for libgit2 SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
smart_pkt: treat empty packet lines as error · libgit2/libgit2@84d30d5 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: two security fixes in libgit2 0.25.1, 0.24.6 MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
libgit2 Multiple NULL Pointer Dereference Remote Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
openSUSE-SU-2017:0405-1: moderate: Security update for libgit2 SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
smart_pkt: treat empty packet lines as error · libgit2/libgit2@2fdef64 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 501035 Alpine Linux Security Update for libgit2
  • 501600 Alpine Linux Security Update for libgit2-1.0
  • 502109 Alpine Linux Security Update for libgit2-1.1
  • 504998 Alpine Linux Security Update for libgit2
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