{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1901","details":"Integer overflow in the authenticate_post function in CGit before 0.12 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a large value in the Content-Length HTTP header, which triggers a buffer overflow.","modified":"2025-07-16T08:12:04.556370Z","published":"2016-01-20T16:59:00Z","withdrawn":"2025-07-18T16:43:24Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-1901"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1901"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=4458abf64172a62b92810c2293450106e6dfc763"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1901"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"cgit","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/cgit@0.11.2.git2.3.2-1.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.11.2.git2.3.2-1.1"}]}],"versions":["0.11.2.git2.3.2-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"cgit","binary_version":"0.11.2.git2.3.2-1.1"},{"binary_name":"cgit-dbgsym","binary_version":"0.11.2.git2.3.2-1.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1901.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}