libgit2: CVE-2018-8098

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libgit2: CVE-2018-8098

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: libgit2: CVE-2018-8098

Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 22:01:15 +0100

Source: libgit2
Version: 0.26.0+dfsg.1-1.1
Severity: important
Tags: patch security upstream

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for libgit2.

CVE-2018-8098[0]:
| Integer overflow in the index.c:read_entry() function while
| decompressing a compressed prefix length in libgit2 before v0.26.2
| allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read)
| via a crafted repository index file.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-8098
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-8098
[1] https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/3207ddb0103543da8ad2139ec6539f590f9900c1
[2] https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/3db1af1f370295ad5355b8f64b865a2a357bcac0

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore

Message #14 received at 892961-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Pirate Praveen <praveen@onenetbeyond.org>

To: 892961-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: libgit2 0.27 is in unstable

Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 08:26:09 +0530

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