CVE-2006-0477

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Published Jan 31, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 3.3% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.0.0b:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.0.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.0.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.0.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.0.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.0.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.1.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.1.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.1.4:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-0484	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 3.3% (3.257% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lwn.net/Articles/169623/
http://secunia.com/advisories/18643
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16417
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0367
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24360

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Git Git

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 4:34 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jan 31, 2006, 11:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 4:34 PM
Reserved: Jan 31, 2006, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:20 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 31, 2006, 11:03 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:20 PM

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