CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-5516
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-01-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264, CWE-78
Description
The web interface in git (gitweb) 1.5.x before 1.5.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters related to git_search.
Affected configurations
• git git 0.99.9j
• git git 0.99.9k
• git git 0.99.9l
• git git 0.99.9m
• git git 0.99.9n
• git git 1.0.0
• git git 1.0.0b
• git git 1.0.3
• git git 1.0.4
• git git 1.0.5
• git git 1.0.6
• git git 1.0.7
• git git 1.0.8
• git git 1.1.1
• git git 1.1.2
• git git 1.1.3
• git git 1.1.4
• git git 1.1.5
• git git 1.1.6
• git git 1.2.0
• git git 1.2.1
• git git 1.2.2
• git git 1.2.3
• git git 1.2.4
• git git 1.2.5
• git git 1.2.6
• git git 1.3.0
• git git 1.3.1
• git git 1.3.2
• git git 1.3.3
• git git 1.4.0
• git git 1.4.1
• git git 1.4.1.1
• git git 1.4.2
• git git 1.4.2.1
• git git 1.4.2.2
• git git 1.4.2.3
• git git 1.4.2.4
• git git 1.4.3
• git git 1.4.3.1
• git git 1.4.3.2
• git git 1.4.3.3
• git git 1.4.3.4
• git git 1.4.3.5
• git git 1.4.4
• git git 1.4.4.1
• git git 1.4.4.2
• git git 1.4.4.3
• git git 1.4.4.4
• git git 1.5.0
• git git 1.5.0.1
• git git 1.5.0.2
• git git 1.5.0.3
• git git 1.5.0.4
• git git 1.5.0.5
• git git 1.5.0.6
• git git 1.5.0.7
• git git 1.5.1
• git git 1.5.1.1
• git git 1.5.1.2
… and 40 more
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512330 bugs.debian.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00002.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://repo.or.cz/w/git.git?a=commitdiff%3Bh=c582abae repo.or.cz
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33964 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34194 Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4919 securityreason.com
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0005 wiki.rpath.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1708 www.debian.org
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-15.xml www.gentoo.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/20/1 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/21/7 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/23/2 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500008/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-723-1 www.ubuntu.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0175 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479715 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2936 issues.rpath.com
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512330 bugs.debian.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00002.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://repo.or.cz/w/git.git?a=commitdiff%3Bh=c582abae repo.or.cz
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33964 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34194 Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4919 securityreason.com
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0005 wiki.rpath.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1708 www.debian.org
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-15.xml www.gentoo.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/20/1 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/21/7 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/23/2 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500008/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-723-1 www.ubuntu.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0175 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479715 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2936 issues.rpath.com