Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-8569 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 5.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
libgit2-project
fedoraproject
suse
opensuse
CWE-476
nessus
NVD
Published: 2017-02-03
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

The git_oid_nfmt function in commit.c in libgit2 before 0.24.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a cat-file command with a crafted object file.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Libgit2_Project
1
OS
Fedoraproject
3
OS
Suse
1
OS
Opensuse
3

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2016-BC51F4636F.NASL
    descriptionSecurity fix for CVE-2016-8568, CVE-2016-8569 ---- Update to 0.24.2 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2016-10-19
    plugin id94124
    published2016-10-19
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/94124
    titleFedora 24 : libgit2 (2016-bc51f4636f)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2017-110.NASL
    descriptionThis update for libgit2 fixes the following issues : - CVE-2016-8568: Fixed and out-of-bounds read in git_oid_nfmt (bsc#1003810). - CVE-2016-8569: DoS using a NULL pointer dereference in git_commit_message (bsc#1003810).
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2017-01-18
    plugin id96582
    published2017-01-18
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96582
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : libgit2 (openSUSE-2017-110)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2016-616A35205B.NASL
    descriptionSecurity fix for CVE-2016-8568, CVE-2016-8569 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2016-10-21
    plugin id94185
    published2016-10-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/94185
    titleFedora 23 : libgit2 (2016-616a35205b)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2016-505D7FE198.NASL
    descriptionSecurity fix for CVE-2016-8568, CVE-2016-8569 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2016-11-15
    plugin id94806
    published2016-11-15
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/94806
    titleFedora 25 : libgit2 (2016-505d7fe198)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2017-121.NASL
    descriptionThis update for libgit2 fixes the following issues : - CVE-2016-8568: Fixed and out-of-bounds read in git_oid_nfmt (bsc#1003810). - CVE-2016-8569: DoS using a NULL pointer dereference in git_commit_message (bsc#1003810).
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2017-01-20
    plugin id96647
    published2017-01-20
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96647
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : libgit2 (openSUSE-2017-121)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2016-1450.NASL
    descriptionlibgit2 was updated to fix two security issues. These security issues were fixed : - CVE-2016-8568: Read out-of-bounds in git_oid_nfmt (bsc#1003810). - CVE-2016-8569: DoS caused by a NULL pointer dereference in git_commit_message (bsc#1003810). This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2016-12-13
    plugin id95756
    published2016-12-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/95756
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : libgit2 (openSUSE-2016-1450)

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