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CVE-2008-5517 Details

Description

The web interface in git (gitweb) 1.5.x before 1.5.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters related to (1) git_snapshot and (2) git_object.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512330	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00002.html	CVE
http://repo.or.cz/w/git.git?a=commitdiff%3Bh=516381d5	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479715	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33964	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34194	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2936	CVE
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0005	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1708	CVE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-15.xml	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/20/1	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/21/7	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/23/2	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500008/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33215	CVE	Patch
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-723-1	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0175	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512330	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00002.html	[email protected]
http://repo.or.cz/w/git.git?a=commitdiff%3Bh=516381d5	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479715	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33964	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34194	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2936	[email protected]
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0005	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1708	[email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-15.xml	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/20/1	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/21/7	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/23/2	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500008/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33215	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-723-1	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0175	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

see all 34 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-94	Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
git git	1.5.0 1.5.0 rc2 1.5.0 rc3 1.5.0 rc4 1.5.0.1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.0:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.0:rc3:::::: cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.0:rc4:::::: cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.0.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.0.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.0.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.0.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.0.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.1.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.1.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.1.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.1.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.2.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.2.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.2.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.2.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3:rc4:::::: cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3:rc5:::::: cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3:rc7:::::: cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4:rc0:::::: cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4:rc1.1136.g2794:::::: cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4:rc3:::::: cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4:rc4:::::: cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4:rc5:::::: cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4.7:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

git git

1.5.0

1.5.0 rc2

1.5.0 rc3

1.5.0 rc4

1.5.0.1

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4:rc1.1136.g2794:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 13, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 13, 2009	Initial Analysis	[email protected]