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CentOS: (CVE-2016-2315) CESA-2016:0496: git

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CentOS: (CVE-2016-2315) CESA-2016:0496: git

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/23/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/06/2016
Modified
05/05/2019

Description

revision.c in git before 2.7.4 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) long filename or (2) many nested trees, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-emacs-git
  • centos-upgrade-emacs-git-el
  • centos-upgrade-git
  • centos-upgrade-git-all
  • centos-upgrade-git-bzr
  • centos-upgrade-git-cvs
  • centos-upgrade-git-daemon
  • centos-upgrade-git-email
  • centos-upgrade-git-gui
  • centos-upgrade-git-hg
  • centos-upgrade-git-p4
  • centos-upgrade-git-svn
  • centos-upgrade-gitk
  • centos-upgrade-gitweb
  • centos-upgrade-perl-git
  • centos-upgrade-perl-git-svn

References

  • DSA-3521
  • USN-2938-1
  • CVE-2016-2315

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