Vulnerability in Cgit Project
CVE-2016-1900
CRLF injection vulnerability in the cgit_print_http_headers function in ui-shared.c in CGit before 0.12 allows remote attackers with permission to write to a repository to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks or cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via newline characters in a filename.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 3.7 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.019 (79.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 79.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Cgit Project
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 22
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/3 (mailing-list, Patch)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00084.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2016-January/002817.html (mailing-list, Patch)
- lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2016-January/002790.html (mailing-list)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176198.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00067.html (vendor-advisory)
- git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/6 (mailing-list)
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3545 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176167.html (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-1900?
- CVE-2016-1900 is a low-severity vulnerability in Cgit Project. CVSS score: 3.7/10. Published 2016-01-20.
- How severe is CVE-2016-1900?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.7 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-1900 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.