National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3546

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2008-9080

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00729.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2707

Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2707

External Source: XF

Name: git-multiple-bo(44217)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44217

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-723-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-723-1

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1020627

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020627

External Source: BID

Name: 30549

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30549

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20080812 rPSA-2008-0253-1 git gitweb

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/495391/100/0/threaded

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/RelNotes-1.5.6.4.txt

Hyperlink:http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/RelNotes-1.5.6.4.txt

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2306

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2306

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1637

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1637

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0253

Hyperlink:http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0253

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200809-16

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-16.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33964

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33964

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32384

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32384

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32029

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32029

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31780

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31780

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31347

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31347

External Source: MLIST

Name: [git] 20080716 [PATCH] Fix buffer overflow in git diff

Hyperlink:http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2008/7/16/2529284