Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 20, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-1901

Description

Integer overflow in the authenticate_post function in CGit before 0.12 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a large value in the Content-Length HTTP header, which triggers a buffer overflow.

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Affected products

Lars Hjemli/Cgit
cpe:2.3:a:cgit_project:cgit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=0.11.2
Fedoraproject/Fedora
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Cgit/cgitllm-fuzzy
Range: <0.12
osv-coords
pkg:rpm/opensuse/cgit&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
Range: < 1.0-1.3

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/6nvdPatch
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/3nvdExploit
git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/nvd
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176167.htmlnvd
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176198.htmlnvd
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00067.htmlnvd
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00084.htmlnvd
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3545nvd

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