vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-15501: Out-of-bounds Read
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Aug 18, 2018 | Aug 22, 2024 | Aug 8, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 18, 2018
Added
Aug 22, 2024
Modified
Aug 8, 2025
Description
In ng_pkt in transports/smart_pkt.c in libgit2 before 0.26.6 and 0.27.x before 0.27.4, a remote attacker can send a crafted smart-protocol "ng" packet that lacks a '\0' byte to trigger an out-of-bounds read that leads to DoS.
Solutions
alpine-linux-upgrade-libgit2alpine-linux-upgrade-libgit2-0-27alpine-linux-upgrade-libgit2-1-0alpine-linux-upgrade-libgit2-1-1
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