Bug 862035 (CVE-2012-4465)

Summary:	CVE-2012-4465 cgit: specially-crafted commit can trigger a heap-based buffer overflow
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Vincent Danen <vdanen>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	tmz
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Bug Depends On:	820733, 862037
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Description Vincent Danen 2012-10-01 16:54:29 UTC

It was reported [1],[2] that cgit suffers from a heap-based buffer overflow flaw that could lead to a denial of service or, possibly (albeit unlikely as the second report indicates), a remote shell.

This has not yet been fixed upstream, but a patch is available [3].

[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820733
[2] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/30/1
[3] http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=7757d1b046ecb67b830151d20715c658867df1ec

Comment 1 Vincent Danen 2012-10-01 16:57:28 UTC

Created cgit tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: epel-all [bug 862037]

Comment 2 Vincent Danen 2012-10-03 20:22:59 UTC

This was assigned the name CVE-2012-4465:

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/03/7