Name: CVE-2016-1901: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2016-01-20T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-1901, CWE-119, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.03791

Integer overflow in the authenticate_post function in CGit before 0.12 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a large value in the Content-Length HTTP header, which triggers a buffer overflow.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade cgit	Aug 30, 2017	Jan 20, 2016
Debian	—	Upgrade cgit	Apr 7, 2016	Jan 20, 2016
Freebsd	—	Upgrade cgit	Dec 10, 2025	Jan 20, 2016
Suse	—	Upgrade cgit-debugsourceUpgrade cgit-debuginfoUpgrade cgit	Feb 2, 2016	Jan 20, 2016

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CVSS Details

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