Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Informations
Name CVE-2008-5516 First vendor Publication 2009-01-20
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-02-13

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5516

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
50 % CWE-78 Improper Sanitization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 114
Application 2

ExploitDB Exploits

id Description
2010-02-18 gitWeb v1.5.2 Remote Command Execution

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-06-05 Name : Ubuntu USN-707-1 (cupsys)
File : nvt/ubuntu_707_1.nasl
2009-06-05 Name : Ubuntu USN-723-1 (git-core)
File : nvt/ubuntu_723_1.nasl
2009-03-13 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200903-15 (git)
File : nvt/glsa_200903_15.nasl
2009-01-20 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1708-1 (git-core)
File : nvt/deb_1708_1.nasl
0000-00-00 Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2009-051-02 git
File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2009_051_02.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
53539 GIT gitweb git_search Shell Metacharacter Arbitrary Command Execution

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2011-04-08 Name : The remote web server contains a CGI script that can be abused to execute arb...
File : gitweb_git_search_cmd_exec.nasl - Type : ACT_ATTACK
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-723-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-03-10 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200903-15.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-02-23 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2009-051-02.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-01-20 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1708.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500008/100/0/threaded
CONFIRM http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512330
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0005
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479715
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2936
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1708
GENTOO http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-15.xml
MISC http://repo.or.cz/w/git.git?a=commitdiff%3Bh=c582abae
MLIST http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/20/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/21/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/23/2
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/33964
http://secunia.com/advisories/34194
SREASON http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4919
SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00002.html
UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-723-1
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0175

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