[SECURITY] [DSA 1708-1] New Git packages fix remote code execution

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-1708-1 [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/ Florian Weimer
January 19, 2009 http://www.debian.org/security/faq

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Package : git-core
Vulnerability : shell command injection
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-5516 CVE-2008-5517
Debian Bug : 512330

It was discovered that gitweb, the web interface for the Git version
control system, contained several vulnerabilities:

Remote attackers could use crafted requests to execute shell commands on
the web server, using the snapshot generation and pickaxe search
functionality (CVE-2008-5516).

Local users with write access to the configuration of a Git repository
served by gitweb could cause gitweb to execute arbitrary shell commands
with the permission of the web server (CVE-2008-5517).

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.4.4.4-4+etch1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) and testing distribution (lenny),
the remote shell command injection issuei (CVE-2008-5516) has been fixed
in version 1.5.6-1. The other issue will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your Git packages.

Upgrade instructions

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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch

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Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 1054130 99bc7ea441226f792b6f796a838e7ef0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-4+etch1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 88583 47033ef17360b441eb508094a3ab6b2b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-4+etch1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 1097 b907083d358ff2dc892790569fe3a164

Architecture independent packages:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/gitweb_1.4.4.4-4+etch1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 89094 1dc1b790f989600d62ba2d347d890a43
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-daemon-run_1.4.4.4-4+etch1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 55504 7d1a4bf7bf17f179f94f513fc56f1ffc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-svn_1.4.4.4-4+etch1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 100426 149f0e2dda76e4d7613200d530db9e67
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/gitk_1.4.4.4-4+etch1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 99598 800ea1d003baf1e348fda3b661fc16ed
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-doc_1.4.4.4-4+etch1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 453076 4d102f5051116516cf4cc45b10637871
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-email_1.4.4.4-4+etch1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 62792 201df12660ca0b6180e5fa3c5e0a3543
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-arch_1.4.4.4-4+etch1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 68508 1489a2af3d016ff8b1a4c612365870b8
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-cvs_1.4.4.4-4+etch1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 94516 afef0aca9b13d1d50af28cbb0d9cc1aa

alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-4+etch1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3101926 6422c5ad17a7248820c3c27195051b0c

amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-4+etch1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2642144 b81b341dce9b234eb193d40decd1283b

arm architecture (ARM)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-4+etch1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2322772 d5c371c8f6f3923edaf880df795870e4

hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-4+etch1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2693958 c519a9e4cfeda0f11fe92e23756c6759

i386 architecture (Intel ia32)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-4+etch1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2340718 94abafaa8e010240a6a2da50ca717217

ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-4+etch1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3815660 9b0970058eecaf9abd12e5cc472d0434

mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-4+etch1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2784146 b345d0ffd96b307025924f99fed33e9e

mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-4+etch1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2801244 7067901dea12981db4f09e186888e5b3

powerpc architecture (PowerPC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-4+etch1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2638996 23afd3d0fc61699d0850793c2dbd0047

s390 architecture (IBM S/390)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-4+etch1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2628016 8f29e9b8b465bf570e8ee7bf78e3437d

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/git-core/git-core_1.4.4.4-4+etch1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2301444 93f43ba8edfb78438a6d7d66b96e4816

These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.

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