CVE-2008-3546
Fixed in a distro release EPSS 4%
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.
Products: git
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 4.0 | git-core | 1:1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1 |
| Debian 5.0 | git-core | 1.5.6.3-1+lenny1 |
| Debian 5.0 | git-core | 1.5.6.3-1+lenny2 |