DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8098

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-8098
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8098.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-8098
Upstream
Published
2018-03-14T00:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:27Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libgit2

Package

Name
libgit2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libgit2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.27.0+dfsg.1-0.6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / libgit2

Package

Name
libgit2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libgit2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.27.0+dfsg.1-0.6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / libgit2

Package

Name
libgit2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libgit2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.27.0+dfsg.1-0.6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:14 / libgit2

Package

Name
libgit2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libgit2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.27.0+dfsg.1-0.6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}