Denial of Service Vulnerability in cgit.cgi

CVE-2011-1027 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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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