CVE-2012-4465

CVSS V2 Medium 6.5 CVSS V3 None
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the substr function in parsing.c in cgit 0.9.0.3 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an empty username in the "Author" field in a commit.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2012-4465
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2012-10-10T18:55:05
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2013-01-30T04:54:55
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 0.9.0.3
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.8.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.8.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.8.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.8.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.8.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.8.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.8.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.9.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:lars_hjemli:cgit:0.9.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=820733
http://hjemli.net/pipermail/cgit/2012-July/000652.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/30/1
http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=7757d1b046ecb67b830151d20715c658867df1ec
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/03/7
http://secunia.com/advisories/50734 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55724
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4465
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4465
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:47:54 Added to TrackCVE