Vulnerability CVE-2016-1901

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-1901 (CCN-110210)

Assigned:

2016-01-14

Published:

2016-01-14

Updated:

2016-12-07

Summary:

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.

CVSS v3 Severity:

9.8 Critical (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
8.5 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

9.8 Critical (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
8.5 High (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

CVSS v2 Severity:

7.5 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

10.0 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): Complete Availibility (A): Complete

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-119

Vulnerability Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-1901

Source: CCN
Type: zx2c4 Web site
cgit - A hyperfast web frontend for git repositories written in C.

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=4458abf64172a62b92810c2293450106e6dfc763

Source: FEDORA
Type: UNKNOWN
FEDORA-2016-215b507409

Source: FEDORA
Type: UNKNOWN
FEDORA-2016-e5a5fb196f

Source: SUSE
Type: UNKNOWN
openSUSE-SU-2016:0196

Source: SUSE
Type: UNKNOWN
openSUSE-SU-2016:0218

Source: MLIST
Type: Patch
[CGit] 20160114 [ANNOUNCE] CGIT v0.12 Released

Source: DEBIAN
Type: UNKNOWN
DSA-3545

Source: CCN
Type: oss-sec Mailing List, Thu, 14 Jan 2016 15:21:36 +0100
CVE Request: CGit - Multiple vulnerabilities

Source: MLIST
Type: Exploit
[oss-security] 20160114 CVE Request: CGit - Multiple vulnerabilities

Source: MLIST
Type: Patch
[oss-security] 20160114 Re: CVE Request: CGit - Multiple vulnerabilities

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
cgit-cve20161901-bo(110210)

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2016-1901

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2:

cpe:/a:cgit_project:cgit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 0.11.2)

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20161901	V	CVE-2016-1901	2022-06-30
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:112058	P	cgit-1.0-1.3 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-01-17
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:105608	P	cgit-1.0-1.3 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-10-01
oval:org.cisecurity:def:569	P	DSA-3545-1 -- cgit -- security update	2016-07-01
oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20161901000	V	CVE-2016-1901 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.	2016-01-20
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20161901000	V	CVE-2016-1901 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2016-01-20
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201619010000000	V	CVE-2016-1901 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2016-01-20
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20161901000	V	CVE-2016-1901 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2016-01-20
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201619010000000	V	CVE-2016-1901 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2016-01-20

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