RCE in Git
CVE-2008-5516
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.
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.044 (91.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.044 · newest: 0.044 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Git — versions 0.99.9j, 0.99.9k, 0.99.9l
- Git-Scm Git — versions 0.6.0, 0.7.0
- Rpath Linux — versions 2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1708 (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-15.xml (vendor-advisory)
- wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0005
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0175 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- repo.or.cz/w/git.git
- securityreason.com/securityalert/4919 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/34194 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/33964 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory)