Buffer overflow vulnerability in CGit before 0.12 via Content-Length HTTP header

Buffer overflow vulnerability in CGit before 0.12 via Content-Length HTTP header

CVE-2016-1901 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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