PT-2009-1074 · Git · Git

Sebastian Krahmer · CVE-2008-5517 · Published 2009-01-13 · Updated 2023-02-13

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 1.5.x through 1.5.5 git versions prior to 1.6.0.6

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters. Multiple vulnerabilities in the git package can lead to disruption of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities can be done remotely.

Recommendations For git versions 1.5.x through 1.5.5, update to version 1.5.6 or later. For git versions prior to 1.6.0.6, update to version 1.6.0.6 or later.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-09370

CVE-2008-5517

DSA-1708-1

Affected Products

Git

References · 22

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/11497 · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33964 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-723-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5517 · Security Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0175 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34194 · Vendor Advisory
• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-15.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/33215 · Patch
• http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1708 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-09370 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/500008/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://repo.or.cz/w/git.git?a=commitdiff%3Bh=516381d5 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479715 · Note
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2936 · Note