CVE-2008-3546 Stack-based buffer overflow in the (1) diff_addremove and (2) diff_change functions in GIT before 1.5.6.4 might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a PATH whose length is larger than the s...
HighCVSS 7.5
EPSS 4.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the (1) diff_addremove and (2) diff_change functions in GIT before 1.5.6.4 might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a PATH whose length is larger than the system's PATH_MAX when running GIT utilities such as git-diff or git-grep.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| git | = 1.5.5.3 | No fix listed |
| git | = 1.5.5.3-r1 | No fix listed |
| git | = 1.5.5.4 | No fix listed |
| git | = 1.5.6.1 | No fix listed |
| git | = 1.5.6.2 | No fix listed |
| git | = 1.5.6.3 | No fix listed |
References
- [git] 20080716 [PATCH] Fix buffer overflow in git diff exploit mailing-list
- 31347 third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- 31780 third-party-advisory
- 32029 third-party-advisory
- 32384 third-party-advisory
- 33964 third-party-advisory
- GLSA-200809-16 vendor-advisory
- wiki.rpath.com
- DSA-1637 vendor-advisory
- www.kernel.org
- 20080812 rPSA-2008-0253-1 git gitweb mailing-list
- 30549 vdb-entry
- 1020627 vdb-entry
- USN-723-1 vendor-advisory
- ADV-2008-2306 vdb-entry
- git-multiple-bo(44217) vdb-entry
- issues.rpath.com
- FEDORA-2008-9080 vendor-advisory