git

• Vulnerable: 1.5.4.3-1
• Unaffected: 1.5.6.4-1kalgan1

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.

• Bug Tracker URL: http://bugs.frugalware.org/task/3305

CVEs:

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3546