Bug 1298854 (CVE-2016-1900)

Summary:	CVE-2016-1900 cgit: Stored Cross Site Scripting & Header Injection in Filename Parameter
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED UPSTREAM	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	carnil, kevin, praiskup, tmz
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	cgit 0.12	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2019-06-08 02:47:26 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1298855, 1298856
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Description Adam Mariš 2016-01-15 09:36:46 UTC

It was found that user who has write access to the git repository could create filenames containing new lines that would result in that filename, including the newlines, being included in a header, resulting in header injection and eventually XSS.

Upstream patch:

http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=513b3863d999f91b47d7e9f26710390db55f9463

CVE assignment:

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/6

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2016-01-15 09:37:18 UTC

Created cgit tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1298855]
Affects: epel-all [bug 1298856]

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2016-01-26 03:19:03 UTC

cgit-0.12-1.fc22 has been pushed to the Fedora 22 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2016-01-26 18:26:19 UTC

cgit-0.12-1.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2016-02-01 22:54:40 UTC

cgit-0.12-1.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2016-02-01 23:24:44 UTC

cgit-0.12-1.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 6 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-08 02:47:26 UTC

This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.