Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the substr function in parsing.c in cgit 0.9.0.3 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an empty username in the "Author" field in a commit.
Affected products
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n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/30/1 ↗
- http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=7757d1b046ecb67b830151d20715c658867df1ec ↗
- http://hjemli.net/pipermail/cgit/2012-July/000652.html ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820733 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50734 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55724 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/03/7 ↗