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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-15501
In ng_pkt in transports/smart_pkt.c in libgit2 before 0.26.6 and 0.27.x before 0.27.4, a remote attacker can send a crafted smart-protocol "ng" packet...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In ng_pkt in transports/smart_pkt.c in libgit2 before 0.26.6 and 0.27.x before 0.27.4, a remote attacker can send a crafted smart-protocol "ng" packet that lacks a '\0' byte to trigger an out-of-bounds read that leads to DoS.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
libgit2
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.27.4+dfsg.1-0.1"}]}]
Debian:13
libgit2
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.27.4+dfsg.1-0.1"}]}]
Debian:14
libgit2
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.27.4+dfsg.1-0.1"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org