CVE-2016-10129

7.5 HIGH

Published: March 24, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

The Git Smart Protocol support in libgit2 before 0.24.6 and 0.25.x before 0.25.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via an empty packet line.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00030.html

Source: security@debian.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00036.html

Source: security@debian.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00072.html

Source: security@debian.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/10/5

Source: security@debian.org

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/11/6

Source: security@debian.org

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95339

Source: security@debian.org

https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/2fdef641fd0dd2828bd948234ae86de75221a11a

Source: security@debian.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/84d30d569ada986f3eef527cbdb932643c2dd037

Source: security@debian.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

https://libgit2.github.com/security/

Source: security@debian.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00030.html