CVE-2016-10130
medium
CVSS v3
5.9
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.9
Description
The http_connect function in transports/http.c in libgit2 before 0.24.6 and 0.25.x before 0.25.1 might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers by leveraging clobbering of the error variable.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
69%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0.17.0-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0.17.0-1 |
| arch | fixed | 1:0.24.6-1 | |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0.25.1+really0.24.6-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0.25.1+really0.24.6-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0.25.1+really0.24.6-1 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10130.html
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201701-21
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00030.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00036.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00072.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/10/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/11/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95359
- https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/9a64e62f0f20c9cf9b2e1609f037060eb2d8eb22
- https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/b5c6a1b407b7f8b952bded2789593b68b1876211
- https://libgit2.github.com/security/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10130
CWEs
CWE-284
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.