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CVE-2008-3546

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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.

References

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

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

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44217

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2306

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

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

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

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

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

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

http://secunia.com/advisories/33964

http://secunia.com/advisories/32384

http://secunia.com/advisories/32029

http://secunia.com/advisories/31780

http://secunia.com/advisories/31347

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-08-07

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02222

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