Upstream information
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the substr function in parsing.c in cgit 0.9.0.3 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an empty username in the "Author" field in a commit.NVD CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Novell/SUSE information
Novell Bugzilla entry: 783012 SUSE Security Advisories:- openSUSE-SU-2012:1421-1, published Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:11:53 +0100 (CET)
- openSUSE-SU-2012:1422-1, published Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:12:06 +0100 (CET)