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Medium
CVE-2008-5916
gitweb/gitweb.perl in gitweb in Git 1.6.x before 1.6.0.6, 1.5.6.x before...
Vulnerability Description
gitweb/gitweb.perl in gitweb in Git 1.6.x before 1.6.0.6, 1.5.6.x before 1.5.6.6, 1.5.5.x before 1.5.5.6, 1.5.4.x before 1.5.4.7, and other versions after 1.4.3 allows local repository owners to execute arbitrary commands by modifying the diff.external configuration variable and executing a crafted gitweb query.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47528
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/20/2
- http://osvdb.org/50918
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33282
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-15.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34194
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33964
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/15/2
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122975564100863&w=2:
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01169.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01170.html
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4922
- http://marc.info/?l=git&m=122975564100860&w=2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-723-1
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Affected Software
git
Vulnerable Versions:
1.4.3.1, 1.4.3.2, 1.4.3.3, 1.4.3.4, 1.4.3.5, 1.4.4, 1.4.4.1, 1.4.4.2, 1.4.4.3, 1.4.4.4, 1.5.0, 1.5.0.1, 1.5.0.2, 1.5.0.3, 1.5.0.4, 1.5.0.5, 1.5.0.6, 1.5.0.7, 1.5.1, 1.5.1.1, 1.5.1.2, 1.5.1.3, 1.5.1.4, 1.5.1.5, 1.5.1.6, 1.5.2, 1.5.2.1, 1.5.2.2, 1.5.2.3, 1.5.2.4, 1.5.2.5, 1.5.3, 1.5.3.1, 1.5.3.2, 1.5.3.3, 1.5.3.4, 1.5.3.5, 1.5.3.6, 1.5.3.7, 1.5.3.8, 1.5.4, 1.5.4.1, 1.5.4.2, 1.5.4.3, 1.5.4.4, 1.5.4.5, 1.5.4.6, 1.5.5, 1.5.5.1, 1.5.5.2, 1.5.5.3, 1.5.5.4, 1.5.5.5, 1.5.6, 1.5.6.1, 1.5.6.2, 1.5.6.3, 1.5.6.4, 1.5.6.5, 1.6.0, 1.6.0.1, 1.6.0.2, 1.6.0.3, 1.6.0.4, 1.6.0.5
Timeline
Official Publish:
January 21st, 2009
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.