CVE-2023-49568 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2023-49568 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 12/01/2024 | CVE Updated: 02/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2023
Source: Bitdefender | Vendor: go-git | Product: go-git
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2023-49568 Description

A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability was discovered in go-git versions prior to v5.11. This vulnerability allows an attacker to perform denial of service attacks by providing specially crafted responses from a Git server which triggers resource exhaustion in go-git clients. Applications using only the in-memory filesystem supported by go-git are not affected by this vulnerability. This is a go-git implementation issue and does not affect the upstream git cli.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: 7.5 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

l➤ Exploitability Metrics:
    Attack Vector (AV)* NETWORK
    Attack Complexity (AC)* LOW
    Privileges Required (PR)* NONE
    User Interaction (UI)* NONE
    Scope (S)* UNCHANGED

l➤ Impact Metrics:
    Confidentiality Impact (C)* NONE
    Integrity Impact (I)* NONE
    Availability Impact (A)* HIGH

Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID: CWE-20
CWE Name: CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
Source: go-git

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

CAPEC-ID: CAPEC-130
CAPEC Description: CAPEC-130 Excessive Allocation


Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).