Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1637-1 git-core -- buffer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 15 Sep 2008
- Affected Packages:
- git-core
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 494097.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-3546. - More information:
-
Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in git-core, the core of the git distributed revision control system. Improper path length limitations in git's diff and grep functions, in combination with maliciously crafted repositories or changes, could enable a stack buffer overflow and potentially the execution of arbitrary code.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies this vulnerability as CVE-2008-3546.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.6.5-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your git-core packages.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4.orig.tar.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-arch_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-cvs_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-email_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/gitweb_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-daemon-run_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-doc_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-svn_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/gitk_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-cvs_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_arm.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-2.1+etch1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.