debian · CVE-2016-2315

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Priority: unimportant Published: Updated: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:59:27 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2016-2315 unimportant priority: Debian including 2 source packages (cgit, git), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 10.

Description:

revision.c in git before 2.7.4 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) long filename or (2) many nested trees, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

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