CVE-2016-1900

Description

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.

3.7

CVSS

Severity: Low

CVSS 3.0 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.72% Top 30%

Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/3	mailing list patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00084.html	vendor advisory
http://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2016-January/002817.html	mailing list patch
http://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2016-January/002790.html	mailing list
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176198.html	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00067.html	vendor advisory
http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=513b3863d999f91b47d7e9f26710390db55f9463
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/6	mailing list
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3545	vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176167.html	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-1900?: CVE-2016-1900 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-1900?: To fix CVE-2016-1900, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-1900 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2016-1900 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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