PT-2017-9699 · Libgit2+3 · Libgit2+3

Gaa-Cifasis · Published 2016-11-08 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-8568

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libgit2 versions prior to 0.24.3

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a cat-file command with a crafted object file. This is related to the git commit message function in oid.c.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.24.3, update to version 0.24.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to crafted object files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

DoS

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2254

CVE-2016-8568

MGASA-2017-0319

OPENSUSE-SU-2017:0195-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10249-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2969-1

SUSE-SU-2016_2969-1

USN-4798-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Ubuntu

Libgit2

References · 36

• https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/issues/3936 · Patch
• https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.24.3 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8568 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8568 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2969-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2017:0195-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10249-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2016-8568 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XVUEIG6EESZB6BRU2IE3F5NRUEHMAEKC · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8568 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/4E77DG5KGQ7L34U75QY7O6NIPKZNQHQJ · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4798-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X3JBSNJAXP7JA3TGE2NPNRTD77JXFG4E · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4E77DG5KGQ7L34U75QY7O6NIPKZNQHQJ · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8568 · Vendor Advisory