Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201685680000000
Revision Date:2017-02-03Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-8568 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:The git_commit_message function in oid.c in libgit2 before 0.24.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a cat-file command with a crafted object file. It was discovered that libgit2 mishandled certain malformed git objects. A remove attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-8568
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND libgit2 package in xenial is affected and needs fixing.
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