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SUSE: CVE-2016-1901: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-1901: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/20/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/02/2016
Modified
01/26/2018

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-cgit
  • suse-upgrade-cgit-debuginfo
  • suse-upgrade-cgit-debugsource

References

  • DSA-3545
  • CVE-2016-1901

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