Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 7, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2008-3546
CVE-2008-3546
Description
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.
Affected products
6Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
18- kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/git/2008/7/16/2529284nvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/31347nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/31780nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/32029nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/32384nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/33964nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-16.xmlnvd
- wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0253nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1637nvd
- www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/RelNotes-1.5.6.4.txtnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495391/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/30549nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-723-1nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2306nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44217nvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2707nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00729.htmlnvd
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