CVE - CVE-2008-3546

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-3546	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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
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BID:30549 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30549 BUGTRAQ:20080812 rPSA-2008-0253-1 git gitweb URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495391/100/0/threaded CONFIRM:http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0253 CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/RelNotes-1.5.6.4.txt CONFIRM:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2707 DEBIAN:DSA-1637 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1637 FEDORA:FEDORA-2008-9080 URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00729.html GENTOO:GLSA-200809-16 URL:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-16.xml MLIST:[git] 20080716 [PATCH] Fix buffer overflow in git diff URL:http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2008/7/16/2529284 SECTRACK:1020627 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020627 SECUNIA:31347 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/31347 SECUNIA:31780 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/31780 SECUNIA:32029 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32029 SECUNIA:32384 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32384 SECUNIA:33964 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/33964 UBUNTU:USN-723-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-723-1 VUPEN:ADV-2008-2306 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2306~~ (Obsolete source) XF:git-multiple-bo(44217) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44217
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20080807	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20080807)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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