gsd-2008-3546
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:23
Details
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.
Aliases
Aliases



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            "baseScore": 7.5,
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      "lastModifiedDate": "2018-10-11T20:48Z",
      "publishedDate": "2008-08-07T21:41Z"
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  }
}


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