PT-2006-1543 · Git · Git

Mark Wooding · Published 2006-01-31 · Updated 2017-07-20 · CVE-2006-0477

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GIT versions prior to 1.1.5

Description A buffer overflow issue exists in the git-checkout-index component, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an index file containing a long symbolic link.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.1.5, update to version 1.1.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-0477

Affected Products

Git

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0477 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18643 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lwn.net/Articles/169623 · Patch
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/16417 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24360 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0367 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0477 · Note