The vulnerability of the ng_pkt function in the transports/smart_pkt.c component of the Libgit2 C library methods allows a attacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the ngpkt function in the transports/smartpkt.c component of the Git methods implemented in the C language, Libgit2, relates to reading data from beyond the buffer’s acceptable limits. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause service failures...