CVE-2016-2315
CRITICAL severity · CVSS 9.8 · Memory corruption
9.8CVSS CRITICAL
Summary
revision.c in git before 2.7.4 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) long filename or (2) many nested trees, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)17%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00059.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00061.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00062.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00071.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183147.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179121.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/180763.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00060.html