Vulnerability CVE-2018-10887


Published: 2018-07-10

Description:
A flaw was found in libgit2 before version 0.27.3. It has been discovered that an unexpected sign extension in git_delta_apply function in delta.c file may lead to an integer overflow which in turn leads to an out of bound read, allowing to read before the base object. An attacker may use this flaw to leak memory addresses or cause a Denial of Service.

Type:

CWE-190

(Integer Overflow or Wraparound)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5.8/10
4.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
Partial
Affected software
Libgit2 -> Libgit2 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1598021
https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/3f461902dc1072acb8b7607ee65d0a0458ffac2a
https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/c1577110467b701dcbcf9439ac225ea851b47d22
https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.27.3
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00024.html

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