<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200809-16"> <title>Git: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title> <synopsis> Multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities have been discovered in Git. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">git</product> <announced>2008-09-25</announced> <revised count="01">2008-09-25</revised> <bug>234075</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="dev-util/git" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.5.6.4</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.5.6.4</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> Git is a distributed version control system. </p> </background> <description> <p> Multiple boundary errors in the functions diff_addremove() and diff_change() when processing overly long repository path names were reported. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> A remote attacker could entice a user to run commands like "git-diff" or "git-grep" on a specially crafted repository, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All Git users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-util/git-1.5.6.4"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3546">CVE-2008-3546</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-09-21T11:13:42Z"> p-y </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-09-21T11:16:38Z"> p-y </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-09-22T11:39:05Z"> p-y </metadata> </glsa>