CVE-2009-2108 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in git-daemon via infinite loop and CPU consumption using malformed requests.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2009-2108?
CVE-2009-2108 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Jun 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2108?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Git Git.
How do I fix CVE-2009-2108?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2009-2108 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2009-2108 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2024-32002 Git's recursive clones on case-insensitive filesystems that support symlinks are susceptible to Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2024-52005 The sideband payload is passed unfiltered to the terminal in git
- CVE-2008-5517 Command injection in n/a
- CVE-2008-3546 Memory corruption in n/a
- CVE-2006-0477 Memory corruption in n/a
Sources
Also known as DSA-1841-1, DSA-1841-2, GHSA-wfjh-r5w7-m7m6.