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CVE-2008-5916

Date: January 20, 2009

gitweb/gitweb.perl in gitweb in Git 1.6.x before 1.6.0.6, 1.5.6.x before 1.5.6.6, 1.5.5.x before 1.5.5.6, 1.5.4.x before 1.5.4.7, and other versions after 1.4.3 allows local repository owners to execute arbitrary commands by modifying the diff.external configuration variable and executing a crafted gitweb query.

Severity Score

Related Resources (17)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5916
http://secunia.com/advisories/33964
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/20/2
http://secunia.com/advisories/33282
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01170.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-15.xml
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122975564100863&w=2:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-723-1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47528
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01169.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4922
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-5916
http://osvdb.org/50918
http://secunia.com/advisories/34194
http://marc.info/?l=git&m=122975564100860&w=2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/15/2
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-5916

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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