CVE-2016-8568

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-8568
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-02-03 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:36:00 UTC
DescriptionThe git_commit_message function in oid.c in libgit2 before 0.24.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a cat-file command with a crafted object file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 24 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 25 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 24 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 25 All All All
Application Libgit2 Project Libgit2 All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise 12.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise 12.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Read out-of-bounds in git_oid_nfmt · Issue #3936 · libgit2/libgit2 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: libgit2-0.24.2-2.fc25 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
openSUSE-SU-2016:3097-1: moderate: Security update for libgit2 SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Release libgit2 v0.24.3 Maintenance Release · libgit2/libgit2 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2017:0184-1: moderate: Security update for libgit2 SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2017:0208-1: moderate: Security update for libgit2 SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: libgit2-0.24.2-2.fc24 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: libgit2-0.24.2-2.fc25 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request: invalid memory accesses parsing object files in libgit2 MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
libgit2 CVE-2016-8568 Out-of-Bounds Read Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
openSUSE-SU-2017:0195-1: moderate: Security update for libgit2 SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: libgit2-0.23.4-2.fc23 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: libgit2-0.23.4-2.fc23 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: libgit2-0.24.2-2.fc24 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
Bug 1383211 – CVE-2016-8568 CVE-2016-8569 libgit2: Invalid memory accesses parsing object files CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 501034 Alpine Linux Security Update for libgit2
  • 501599 Alpine Linux Security Update for libgit2-1.0
  • 502108 Alpine Linux Security Update for libgit2-1.1
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