Vulnerability-Lookup

FKIE_CVE-2008-5916

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-01-21 02:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:01

Severity

Summary

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.

References

	URL	Tags
	cve@mitre.org	http://marc.info/?l=git&m=122975564100860&w=2
	cve@mitre.org	http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122975564100863&w=2:
	cve@mitre.org	http://osvdb.org/50918
	cve@mitre.org	http://secunia.com/advisories/33282
	cve@mitre.org	http://secunia.com/advisories/33964
	cve@mitre.org	http://secunia.com/advisories/34194
	cve@mitre.org	http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4922
	cve@mitre.org	http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-15.xml
	cve@mitre.org	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/15/2
	cve@mitre.org	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/20/2
	cve@mitre.org	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-723-1
	cve@mitre.org	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47528
	cve@mitre.org	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01169.html
	cve@mitre.org	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01170.html
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://marc.info/?l=git&m=122975564100860&w=2
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122975564100863&w=2:
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://osvdb.org/50918
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/33282
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/33964
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/34194
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4922
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-15.xml
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/15/2
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/20/2
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-723-1
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47528
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01169.html
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01170.html

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
git	git	1.4.3.1
git	git	1.4.3.2
git	git	1.4.3.3
git	git	1.4.3.4
git	git	1.4.3.5
git	git	1.4.4
git	git	1.4.4.1
git	git	1.4.4.2
git	git	1.4.4.3
git	git	1.4.4.4
git	git	1.5.0
git	git	1.5.0
git	git	1.5.0
git	git	1.5.0
git	git	1.5.0.1
git	git	1.5.0.2
git	git	1.5.0.3
git	git	1.5.0.4
git	git	1.5.0.5
git	git	1.5.0.6
git	git	1.5.0.7
git	git	1.5.1
git	git	1.5.1.1
git	git	1.5.1.2
git	git	1.5.1.3
git	git	1.5.1.4
git	git	1.5.1.5
git	git	1.5.1.6
git	git	1.5.2
git	git	1.5.2.1
git	git	1.5.2.2
git	git	1.5.2.3
git	git	1.5.2.4
git	git	1.5.2.5
git	git	1.5.3
git	git	1.5.3
git	git	1.5.3
git	git	1.5.3
git	git	1.5.3.1
git	git	1.5.3.2
git	git	1.5.3.3
git	git	1.5.3.4
git	git	1.5.3.5
git	git	1.5.3.6
git	git	1.5.3.7
git	git	1.5.3.8
git	git	1.5.4
git	git	1.5.4
git	git	1.5.4
git	git	1.5.4
git	git	1.5.4
git	git	1.5.4
git	git	1.5.4
git	git	1.5.4
git	git	1.5.4.1
git	git	1.5.4.2
git	git	1.5.4.3
git	git	1.5.4.4
git	git	1.5.4.5
git	git	1.5.4.6
git	git	1.5.5
git	git	1.5.5
git	git	1.5.5
git	git	1.5.5
git	git	1.5.5.1
git	git	1.5.5.2
git	git	1.5.5.3
git	git	1.5.5.3
git	git	1.5.5.4
git	git	1.5.5.5
git	git	1.5.6
git	git	1.5.6.1
git	git	1.5.6.2
git	git	1.5.6.3
git	git	1.5.6.4
git	git	1.5.6.5
git	git	1.6.0
git	git	1.6.0
git	git	1.6.0
git	git	1.6.0
git	git	1.6.0.1
git	git	1.6.0.2
git	git	1.6.0.3
git	git	1.6.0.4
git	git	1.6.0.5

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CVE-2008-5916 (GCVE-0-2008-5916)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-01-21 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:13

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2325 records in the last 180 days details

References

14 references

URL	Tags
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http://osvdb.org/50918	vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/33282	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-20090…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://secunia.com/advisories/34194	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/15/2	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122975564100863&w=2:	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4922	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://marc.info/?l=git&m=122975564100860&w=2	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-723-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU

Date Public

2008-12-20 00:00

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