Vulnerabilities > CVE-2011-1027 - Off-by-one Error vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
Off-by-one error in the convert_query_hexchar function in html.c in cgit.cgi in cgit before 0.8.3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a string composed of a % (percent) character followed by invalid hex characters, as demonstrated by a %gg sequence.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2011-2803.NASL description In addition to closing a DOS vulnerability (thanks to Jim Meyering), this upstream feature release adds the following enhancements : - Support for side-by-side diffs - Support for repo content in last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 52679 published 2011-03-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/52679 title Fedora 14 : cgit-0.9-1.fc14 (2011-2803) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2011-2803. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(52679); script_version("1.10"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:34"); script_cve_id("CVE-2011-1027"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2011-2803"); script_name(english:"Fedora 14 : cgit-0.9-1.fc14 (2011-2803)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "In addition to closing a DOS vulnerability (thanks to Jim Meyering), this upstream feature release adds the following enhancements : - Support for side-by-side diffs - Support for repo content in 'about' view - Improved integration with gitolite/gitweb - Support for git notes in commit/log view - Support for graph in log view (similar to 'git log --graph') - Improved handling/display of path filters - Clients can modify diff view parameters - Support for directory listings in plain view - Support for remote branches - Support for range searches in log view (like 'git log master ^stable) - Support for expansion of environment vars in certain cgitrc options, which can simplify virtual hosting The release announcement has a more complete changelog : http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/168496 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/168496" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680905" ); # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055896.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?179ef302" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected cgit package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:cgit"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:14"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2011/03/07"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2011/03/16"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! ereg(pattern:"^14([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 14.x", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC14", reference:"cgit-0.9-1.fc14")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "cgit"); }
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2011-2790.NASL description In addition to closing a DOS vulnerability (thanks to Jim Meyering), this upstream feature release adds the following enhancements : - Support for side-by-side diffs - Support for repo content in last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 52676 published 2011-03-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/52676 title Fedora 15 : cgit-0.9-1.fc15 (2011-2790) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2011-2815.NASL description In addition to closing a DOS vulnerability (thanks to Jim Meyering), this upstream feature release adds the following enhancements : - Support for side-by-side diffs - Support for repo content in last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 52680 published 2011-03-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/52680 title Fedora 13 : cgit-0.9-1.fc13 (2011-2815)
References
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/168493
- http://hjemli.net/git/cgit/commit/?h=stable&id=fc384b16fb9787380746000d3cea2d53fccc548e
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055896.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055898.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055966.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/3
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43633
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43788
- http://www.osvdb.org/71005
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46756
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0667
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680905
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65919
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/168493
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65919
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680905
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0667
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46756
- http://www.osvdb.org/71005
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43788
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43633
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/3
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055966.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055898.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055896.html
- http://hjemli.net/git/cgit/commit/?h=stable&id=fc384b16fb9787380746000d3cea2d53fccc548e