CVE-2015-0838 (GCVE-0-2015-0838)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-03-31 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 04:26
VLAI
Summary
Buffer overflow in the C implementation of the apply_delta function in _pack.c in Dulwich before 0.9.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted pack file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3206 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://lists.launchpad.net/dulwich-users/msg00829.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Date Public
2015-03-22 00:00
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