Executive Summary

Informations
NameCVE-2008-5916First vendor Publication2009-01-20
VendorCveLast vendor Modification2009-08-19

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score4.6Attack RangeLocal
Cvss Impact Score6.4Attack ComplexityLow
Cvss Expoit Score3.9AuthentificationNone Required
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Security Protection

ImpactsProvides unauthorized access : Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service.

Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5916

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

idName
CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application85

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

idDescription
50918GIT gitweb/gitweb.perl diff.external Configuration Variable Crafted Query Loc...

Internal Sources (Detail)

SourceUrl
FEDORAhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg0116...
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg0117...
GENTOOhttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-15.xml
MLISThttp://marc.info/?l=git&m=122975564100860&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122975564100863&w=2:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/15/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/20/2
OSVDBhttp://osvdb.org/50918
SECUNIAhttp://secunia.com/advisories/33282
http://secunia.com/advisories/33964
http://secunia.com/advisories/34194
SREASONhttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/4922
UBUNTUhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-723-1
XFhttp://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/47528

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