CVE-2012-4465: Buffer Overflow
First published: Wed Oct 10 2012(Updated: )
Heap-based buffer overflow in the substr function in parsing.c in cgit 0.9.0.3 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an empty username in the "Author" field in a commit.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| cgit by Lars Hjemli | <=0.9.0.3 | |
| cgit by Lars Hjemli | =0.1 | |
| cgit by Lars Hjemli | =0.2 | |
| cgit by Lars Hjemli | =0.3 | |
| cgit by Lars Hjemli | =0.4 | |
| cgit by Lars Hjemli | =0.5 | |
| cgit by Lars Hjemli | =0.6 | |
| cgit by Lars Hjemli | =0.6.1 | |
| cgit by Lars Hjemli | =0.6.2 | |
| cgit by Lars Hjemli | =0.6.3 | |
| cgit by Lars Hjemli | =0.7 | |
| cgit by Lars Hjemli | =0.7.1 | |
| cgit by Lars Hjemli | =0.7.2 | |
| cgit by Lars Hjemli | =0.8 | |
| cgit by Lars Hjemli | =0.8.1 | |
| cgit by Lars Hjemli | =0.8.1.1 | |
| cgit by Lars Hjemli | =0.8.2 | |
| cgit by Lars Hjemli | =0.8.2.1 | |
| cgit by Lars Hjemli | =0.8.2.2 | |
| cgit by Lars Hjemli | =0.8.3 | |
| cgit by Lars Hjemli | =0.8.3.1 | |
| cgit by Lars Hjemli | =0.8.3.2 | |
| cgit by Lars Hjemli | =0.8.3.3 | |
| cgit by Lars Hjemli | =0.8.3.4 | |
| cgit by Lars Hjemli | =0.8.3.5 | |
| cgit by Lars Hjemli | =0.9 | |
| cgit by Lars Hjemli | =0.9.0.1 | |
| cgit by Lars Hjemli | =0.9.0.2 |
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Reference Links
- http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=7757d1b046ecb67b830151d20715c658867df1ec
- http://hjemli.net/pipermail/cgit/2012-July/000652.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50734
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/30/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/03/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55724
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820733
- agent/severity
- agent/author
- agent/references
- agent/weakness
- agent/tags
- agent/type
- agent/event
- agent/description
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/last-modified-date
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- vendor/lars hjemli
- canonical/cgit by lars hjemli
- version/cgit by lars hjemli/0.9.0.3
- version/cgit by lars hjemli/0.1
- version/cgit by lars hjemli/0.2
- version/cgit by lars hjemli/0.3
- version/cgit by lars hjemli/0.4
- version/cgit by lars hjemli/0.5
- version/cgit by lars hjemli/0.6
- version/cgit by lars hjemli/0.6.1
- version/cgit by lars hjemli/0.6.2
- version/cgit by lars hjemli/0.6.3
- version/cgit by lars hjemli/0.7
- version/cgit by lars hjemli/0.7.1
- version/cgit by lars hjemli/0.7.2
- version/cgit by lars hjemli/0.8
- version/cgit by lars hjemli/0.8.1
- version/cgit by lars hjemli/0.8.1.1
- version/cgit by lars hjemli/0.8.2
- version/cgit by lars hjemli/0.8.2.1
- version/cgit by lars hjemli/0.8.2.2
- version/cgit by lars hjemli/0.8.3
- version/cgit by lars hjemli/0.8.3.1
- version/cgit by lars hjemli/0.8.3.2
- version/cgit by lars hjemli/0.8.3.3
- version/cgit by lars hjemli/0.8.3.4
- version/cgit by lars hjemli/0.8.3.5
- version/cgit by lars hjemli/0.9
- version/cgit by lars hjemli/0.9.0.1
- version/cgit by lars hjemli/0.9.0.2