CVE-2016-2315

high-risk
Published 2016-04-08

revision.c in git before 2.7.4 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) long filename or (2) many nested trees, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Do I need to act?

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17.7% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 82% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Fix available
Upgrade to: 34fa79a6cde56d6d428ab0d3160cb094ebad3305, de1e67d0703894cb6ea782e36abb63976ab07e60
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (10)

Git

Affected Vendors

Suse Git-Scm Opensuse

References (50)

Mailing List http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183147.html
Mailing List http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179121.html
Mailing List http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/180763.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00059.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00060.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00061.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00062.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00071.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00074.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00076.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00077.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00011.html
Third Party Advisory http://pastebin.com/UX2P2jjg
Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0496.html
Third Party Advisory http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3521
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/5
Third Party Advisory http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
Third Party Advisory http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.h...
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84355
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035290
and 30 more references
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 13/34 · Low
Exposure 16/34 · Moderate