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CVE-2016-2324

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2016-03-18	git -- integer overflow

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CVE-2016-2324 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2016-2324
Phase	Assigned(20160211)

Description

Integer overflow in Git before 2.7.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) long filename or (2) many nested trees, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

References

Source	Reference
MLIST	[oss-security] 20160315 server and client side remote code execution through a bu ffer overflow in all git versions before 2.7.1 (unpublished ᴄᴠᴇ-2016-2324 and ᴄᴠᴇ-2016-2315)
MISC	http://pastebin.com/UX2P2jjg
CONFIRM	https://github.com/git/git/commit/de1e67d0703894cb6ea782e36abb63976ab07e60
CONFIRM	https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.7.4.txt
GENTOO	GLSA-201605-01
SUSE	SUSE-SU-2016:0796
SUSE	SUSE-SU-2016:0798
SUSE	openSUSE-SU-2016:0802
SUSE	openSUSE-SU-2016:0803