CVE-2008-5516
N/A
Published: January 20, 2009 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsGitGit· also runs on 1 platform
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
0.99.9j0.99.9k0.99.9l0.99.9m0.99.9n1.0.01.0.0b1.0.31.0.41.0.51.0.61.0.71.0.81.1.11.1.21.1.31.1.41.1.51.1.61.2.01.2.11.2.21.2.31.2.41.2.51.2.61.3.01.3.11.3.21.3.31.4.01.4.11.4.1.11.4.21.4.2.11.4.2.21.4.2.31.4.2.41.4.31.4.3.11.4.3.21.4.3.31.4.3.41.4.3.51.4.41.4.4.11.4.4.21.4.4.31.4.4.41.5.01.5.0 rc21.5.0 rc31.5.0 rc41.5.0.11.5.0.21.5.0.31.5.0.41.5.0.51.5.0.61.5.0.71.5.11.5.1.11.5.1.21.5.1.31.5.1.41.5.1.51.5.1.61.5.21.5.2.11.5.2.21.5.2.31.5.2.41.5.2.51.5.31.5.3 rc41.5.3 rc51.5.3 rc71.5.3.11.5.3.21.5.3.31.5.3.41.5.3.51.5.3.61.5.3.71.5.3.81.5.41.5.4 rc01.5.4 rc11.5.4 rc1.1136.g27941.5.4 rc21.5.4 rc31.5.4 rc41.5.4 rc51.5.4.11.5.4.21.5.4.31.5.4.41.5.4.51.5.4.61.5.4.71.5.51.5.5 rc11.5.5 rc21.5.5 rc31.5.5.11.5.5.21.5.5.31.5.5.41.5.5.51.5.5.61.5.6.11.5.6.21.5.6.31.5.6.4
rpath-linux (environment)
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (17)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00002.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33964Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/34194Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4919Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1708Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-78CWE-264
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