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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-10888: Out-of-bounds Read

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-10888: Out-of-bounds Read

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/09/2018
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/22/2024

Description

A flaw was found in libgit2 before version 0.27.3. A missing check in git_delta_apply function in delta.c file, may lead to an out-of-bound read while reading a binary delta file. An attacker may use this flaw to cause a Denial of Service.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-libgit2

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