CVE-2016-2324

Public on 2016-03-24
Modified on 2016-03-24
Description
An integer truncation flaw and an integer overflow flaw, both leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, were found in the way Git processed certain path information. A remote attacker could create a specially crafted Git repository that would cause a Git client or server to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code.
Severity
Important severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.8
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 git 2016-03-24 ALAS-2016-672 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv2 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv3 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H