CVE-2016-1900

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-1900
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-01-20 16:59:04 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionCRLF injection vulnerability in the cgit_print_http_headers function in ui-shared.c in CGit before 0.12 allows remote attackers with permission to write to a repository to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks or cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via newline characters in a filename.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 3.7 LOW from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary3.7LOWCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cgit Project Cgit All All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
XSS in cgit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.zx2c4.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: CGit - Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: cgit-0.12-1.fc23 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - CVE Request: CGit - Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Patch
cgit - A hyperfast web frontend for git repositories written in C. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.zx2c4.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3545-1 cgit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[ANNOUNCE] CGIT v0.12 Released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.zx2c4.com Patch
openSUSE-SU-2016:0196-1: moderate: Security update for cgit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: cgit-0.12-1.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
openSUSE-SU-2016:0218-1: moderate: Security update for cgit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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