CVE-2016-1901
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 4.4%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-1901
To remediate CVE-2016-1901, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/cgit—upgrade to 0.11.2.git2.3.2-1.1 or later
Is CVE-2016-1901 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 4.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.11.2.git2.3.2-1.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |