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Status published
Medium
CVE-2012-4465
Heap-based buffer overflow in the substr function in parsing.c in...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
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
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
cgit
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.6.1, 0.6.2, 0.6.3, 0.7, 0.7.1, 0.7.2, 0.8, 0.8.1, 0.8.1.1, 0.8.2, 0.8.2.1, 0.8.2.2, 0.8.3, 0.8.3.1, 0.8.3.2, 0.8.3.3, 0.8.3.4, 0.8.3.5, 0.9, 0.9.0.1, 0.9.0.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 10th, 2012
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.