CVE-2009-2108

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-06-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

git-daemon in git 1.4.4.5 through 1.6.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a request containing extra unrecognized arguments.

Affected products

Git: 1.4.4.5, 1.5.0, 1.5.0-rc2, 1.5.0-rc3, 1.5.0-rc4, 1.5.0.1 (+83)

References

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/120733
http://osvdb.org/55034
http://secunia.com/advisories/35437
http://secunia.com/advisories/35730
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-05.xml
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/120724
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:155
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/06/12/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35338
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022398
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1579
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51083

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