SUSE-SU-2016:2969-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2016-12-02 10:40 - Updated: 2026-09-20 12:19
Summary
Security update for libgit2
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Title of the patch: Security update for libgit2
Description of the patch: libgit2 was updated to fix two security issues. These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2016-8568: Read out-of-bounds in git_oid_nfmt (bsc#1003810). - CVE-2016-8569: DoS caused by a NULL pointer dereference in git_commit_message (bsc#1003810).
Patchnames: SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2016-1741
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
CVE-2016-8568
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2:libgit2-24-0:0.24.1-3.1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2:libgit2-24-0:0.24.1-3.1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2:libgit2-24-0:0.24.1-3.1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2:libgit2-24-0:0.24.1-3.1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact moderate
CVE-2016-8569
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
Recommended 4 products, the same list as for CVE-2016-8568
Threats
Impact moderate
References
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