Access Restriction Bypass Affecting git/git package, versions [,1.5.4.7)[1.5.5.0,1.5.5.6)[1.5.6.0,1.5.6.6)[1.6.0.0,1.6.0.6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GITGIT-2372018
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed21 Jan 2009
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 21 Jan 2009

CVE-2008-5916  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade git/git to version 1.5.4.7, 1.5.5.6, 1.5.6.6, 1.6.0.6 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass 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.

CVSS Scores

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