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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2011-1027 Detail

Description

Off-by-one error in the convert_query_hexchar function in html.c in cgit.cgi in cgit before 0.8.3.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a string composed of a % (percent) character followed by invalid hex characters, as demonstrated by a %gg sequence.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/168493 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://hjemli.net/git/cgit/commit/?h=stable&id=fc384b16fb9787380746000d3cea2d53fccc548e CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Patch 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055896.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Patch 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055898.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Patch 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055966.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List 
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/07/3 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/43633 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/43788 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.osvdb.org/71005 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46756 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0667 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680905 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65919 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-193 Off-by-one Error cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-1027
NVD Published Date:
03/19/2011
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.