Bug 1383211 (CVE-2016-8568, CVE-2016-8569)

Summary:	CVE-2016-8568 CVE-2016-8569 libgit2: Invalid memory accesses parsing object files
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	erik, i, veeti.paananen, walter.pete
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Bug Depends On:	1383212, 1383213
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Description Andrej Nemec 2016-10-10 08:20:54 UTC

CVE-2016-8568

* Read out-of-bounds in git_oid_nfmt:
https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/issues/3936

CVE-2016-8569

* DoS using a null pointer dereference in git_commit_message:
https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/issues/3937

Proposed patch:

https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/pull/3956

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2016-10-10 08:21:57 UTC

Created libgit2 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1383212]
Affects: epel-all [bug 1383213]