CVE-2016-1900

3.7 LOW
Published: January 20, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in the cgit_print_http_headers function in ui-shared.c in CGit before 0.12 allows remote attackers with permission to write to a repository to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks or cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via newline characters in a filename.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=513b3863d999f91b47d7e9f26710390db55f9463
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176167.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176198.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00067.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00084.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2016-January/002790.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2016-January/002817.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3545
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/3
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/6
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?id=513b3863d999f91b47d7e9f26710390db55f9463
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176167.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176198.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00067.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00084.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2016-January/002790.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2016-January/002817.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3545
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/6
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

20 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
3.7 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.9%
77th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

fedoraproject cgit_project