CVE-2008-5916
N/A
Published: January 21, 2009 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:01 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGit
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
1.4.3.11.4.3.21.4.3.31.4.3.41.4.3.51.4.41.4.4.11.4.4.21.4.4.31.4.4.41.5.01.5.0 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 rc51.5.4.11.5.4.21.5.4.31.5.4.41.5.4.51.5.4.61.5.51.5.5 rc11.5.5 rc21.5.5 rc31.5.5.11.5.5.21.5.5.31.5.5.3 r11.5.5.41.5.5.51.5.61.5.6.11.5.6.21.5.6.31.5.6.41.5.6.51.6.01.6.0 rc11.6.0 rc21.6.0 rc31.6.0.11.6.0.21.6.0.31.6.0.41.6.0.5
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (14)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122975564100863&w=2:Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4922Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-15.xmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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