372979 – www-apps/cgit: DOS (CVE-2011-1027)

Bug 372979 - www-apps/cgit: DOS (CVE-2011-1027)

Summary: www-apps/cgit: DOS (CVE-2011-1027)

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 357819

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal trivial (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

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Whiteboard:	~4 [ebuild]
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Reported:	2011-06-25 12:53 UTC by GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot
Modified:	2011-06-26 20:43 UTC (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)

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Description GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2011-06-25 12:53:21 UTC

CVE-2011-1027 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1027):
  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.

Comment 1 Stefan Behte (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-06-25 12:53:50 UTC

Please punt the vulnerable version left in tree.

Comment 2 Tim Sammut (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-06-26 20:43:50 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 357819 ***