CVE-2018-8099

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-8099
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-03-14 00:29:00 UTC
Updated2022-04-25 20:41:00 UTC
DescriptionIncorrect returning of an error code in the index.c:read_entry() function leads to a double free in libgit2 before v0.26.2, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via a crafted repository index file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-415

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Libgit2 Libgit2 All All All All
Application Libgit2 Project Libgit2 All All All All
Application Libgit2 Project Libgit2 All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 2936-1] libgit2 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
libgit2 CONFIRM libgit2.github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
index: convert `read_entry` to return entry size via an out-param · libgit2/libgit2@58a6fe9 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com 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

  • 179136 Debian Security Update for libgit2 (DLA 2936-1)
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