CVE-2008-3546 | BDVDB-2026-31907 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495391/100/0/threaded
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/RelNotes-1.5.6.4.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32029
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0253
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44217
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33964
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2707
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31347
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-16.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1637
- http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2008/7/16/2529284
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00729.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32384
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30549
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2306
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.