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CVE-2009-2108
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…
Medium5.0EPSS 5.8%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.8% · top 6.8% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (16)
- 1022398 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1579 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- gitdaemon-xinetd-dos(51083) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/120724 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [fedora-security-list] 20090612 git daemon DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 55034 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 35730 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-6839 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-6936 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 35437 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 35338 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-200907-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:155 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-6809 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/120733 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090612 Git daemon infinite loop (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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