VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2006-0477
Buffer overflow in git-checkout-index in GIT before 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an index file with a long symbolic link.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 3.26%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.26%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in git-checkout-index in GIT before 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an index file with a long symbolic link.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.26% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- git/git
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lwn.net/Articles/169623/Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18643Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16417
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0367
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24360
- http://lwn.net/Articles/169623/Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18643Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16417
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0367
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24360
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.