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…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 5.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Git 1.6.3 - Parameter Processing Remote Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 33036dos, linuxpublished 5 May 2009Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
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 (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
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)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-2104 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2009-2108)Record last updated .