CVE-2018-15501: Out-of-bounds Read

August 18, 2018 (updated October 12, 2018)

There is a vulnerability in ng_pkt (transports/smart_pkt.c) in libgit2 which is wrapped by the rugged gem. A remote attacker can send a crafted smart-protocol ng packet that lacks a \0 byte to trigger an out-of-bounds read that leads to DoS.

References

bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104641
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15501

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