DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8568

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8568
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8568.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8568
Upstream
Published
2017-02-03T15:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:05:50Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The gitcommitmessage function in oid.c in libgit2 before 0.24.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a cat-file command with a crafted object file.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11

cargo

Package

Name
cargo
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/cargo?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.17.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

libgit2

Package

Name
libgit2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libgit2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.24.5-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12

cargo

Package

Name
cargo
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/cargo?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.17.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

libgit2

Package

Name
libgit2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libgit2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.24.5-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13

libgit2

Package

Name
libgit2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libgit2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.24.5-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14

libgit2

Package

Name
libgit2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libgit2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.24.5-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}