diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.4.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.4.5.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb6307d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.4.5.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Git v1.6.4.5 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.6.4.4
+--------------------
+
+ * Simplified base85 implementation.
+
+ * An overlong line after ".gitdir: " in a git file caused out of bounds
+   access to an array on the stack.
+
+ * "git count-objects" did not handle packs larger than 4G.
+
+ * "git rev-parse --parseopt --stop-at-non-option" did not stop at non option
+   when --keep-dashdash was in effect.
+
+ * "gitweb" can sometimes be tricked into parrotting a filename argument
+   given in a request without properly quoting.
+
+Other minor fixes and documentation updates are included.
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.5.9.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.5.9.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb469dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.5.9.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Git v1.6.5.9 Release Notes
+==========================
+
+Fixes since v1.6.5.8
+--------------------
+
+ * An overlong line after ".gitdir: " in a git file caused out of bounds
+   access to an array on the stack.
+
+ * "git blame -L $start,$end" segfaulted when too large $start was given.
+
+ * "git rev-parse --parseopt --stop-at-non-option" did not stop at non option
+   when --keep-dashdash was in effect.
+
+ * "gitweb" can sometimes be tricked into parrotting a filename argument
+   given in a request without properly quoting.
+
+Other minor fixes and documentation updates are included.
diff --git a/GIT-VERSION-GEN b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
index 52b058a..1d79f48 100755
--- a/GIT-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/GIT-VERSION-GEN
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 GVF=GIT-VERSION-FILE
-DEF_VER=v1.6.5.8
+DEF_VER=v1.6.5.9
 
 LF='
 '
diff --git a/RelNotes b/RelNotes
index f60e868..3c23099 120000
--- a/RelNotes
+++ b/RelNotes
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Documentation/RelNotes-1.6.5.8.txt
\ No newline at end of file
+Documentation/RelNotes/1.6.5.9.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index c77cd03..620b5bd 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -1097,6 +1097,13 @@
 	return $str;
 }
 
+# quote unsafe characters in HTML attributes
+sub esc_attr {
+
+	# for XHTML conformance escaping '"' to '&quot;' is not enough
+	return esc_html(@_);
+}
+
 # replace invalid utf8 character with SUBSTITUTION sequence
 sub esc_html {
 	my $str = shift;
@@ -1502,7 +1509,7 @@
 					hash=>$dest
 				)}, $name);
 
-			$markers .= " <span class=\"$class\" title=\"$ref\">" .
+			$markers .= " <span class=\"".esc_attr($class)."\" title=\"".esc_attr($ref)."\">" .
 				$link . "</span>";
 		}
 	}
@@ -1586,7 +1593,7 @@
 		return $pre_white .
 		       "<img width=\"$size\" " .
 		            "class=\"avatar\" " .
-		            "src=\"$url\" " .
+		            "src=\"".esc_url($url)."\" " .
 			    "alt=\"\" " .
 		       "/>" . $post_white;
 	} else {
@@ -2258,7 +2265,7 @@
 	} else {
 		my @tags = sort { $cloud->{$a}->{count} <=> $cloud->{$b}->{count} } keys %$cloud;
 		return '<p align="center">' . join (', ', map {
-			"<a href=\"$home_link?by_tag=$_\">$cloud->{$_}->{topname}</a>"
+			$cgi->a({-href=>"$home_link?by_tag=$_"}, $cloud->{$_}->{topname})
 		} splice(@tags, 0, $count)) . '</p>';
 	}
 }
@@ -3074,11 +3081,11 @@
 	# print out each stylesheet that exist, providing backwards capability
 	# for those people who defined $stylesheet in a config file
 	if (defined $stylesheet) {
-		print '<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="'.$stylesheet.'"/>'."\n";
+		print '<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="'.esc_url($stylesheet).'"/>'."\n";
 	} else {
 		foreach my $stylesheet (@stylesheets) {
 			next unless $stylesheet;
-			print '<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="'.$stylesheet.'"/>'."\n";
+			print '<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="'.esc_url($stylesheet).'"/>'."\n";
 		}
 	}
 	if (defined $project) {
@@ -3091,7 +3098,7 @@
 			my $type = lc($format);
 			my %link_attr = (
 				'-rel' => 'alternate',
-				'-title' => "$project - $href_params{'-title'} - $format feed",
+				'-title' => esc_attr("$project - $href_params{'-title'} - $format feed"),
 				'-type' => "application/$type+xml"
 			);
 
@@ -3118,13 +3125,13 @@
 	} else {
 		printf('<link rel="alternate" title="%s projects list" '.
 		       'href="%s" type="text/plain; charset=utf-8" />'."\n",
-		       $site_name, href(project=>undef, action=>"project_index"));
+		       esc_attr($site_name), href(project=>undef, action=>"project_index"));
 		printf('<link rel="alternate" title="%s projects feeds" '.
 		       'href="%s" type="text/x-opml" />'."\n",
-		       $site_name, href(project=>undef, action=>"opml"));
+		       esc_attr($site_name), href(project=>undef, action=>"opml"));
 	}
 	if (defined $favicon) {
-		print qq(<link rel="shortcut icon" href="$favicon" type="image/png" />\n);
+		print qq(<link rel="shortcut icon" href=").esc_url($favicon).qq(" type="image/png" />\n);
 	}
 
 	print "</head>\n" .
@@ -3137,7 +3144,7 @@
 	print "<div class=\"page_header\">\n" .
 	      $cgi->a({-href => esc_url($logo_url),
 	               -title => $logo_label},
-	              qq(<img src="$logo" width="72" height="27" alt="git" class="logo"/>));
+	              qq(<img src=").esc_url($logo).qq(" width="72" height="27" alt="git" class="logo"/>));
 	print $cgi->a({-href => esc_url($home_link)}, $home_link_str) . " / ";
 	if (defined $project) {
 		print $cgi->a({-href => href(action=>"summary")}, esc_html($project));
@@ -5045,14 +5052,14 @@
 	} else {
 		print "<div class=\"page_nav\">\n" .
 		      "<br/><br/></div>\n" .
-		      "<div class=\"title\">$hash</div>\n";
+		      "<div class=\"title\">".esc_html($hash)."</div>\n";
 	}
 	git_print_page_path($file_name, "blob", $hash_base);
 	print "<div class=\"page_body\">\n";
 	if ($mimetype =~ m!^image/!) {
-		print qq!<img type="$mimetype"!;
+		print qq!<img type="!.esc_attr($mimetype).qq!"!;
 		if ($file_name) {
-			print qq! alt="$file_name" title="$file_name"!;
+			print qq! alt="!.esc_attr($file_name).qq!" title="!.esc_attr($file_name).qq!"!;
 		}
 		print qq! src="! .
 		      href(action=>"blob_plain", hash=>$hash,
@@ -5064,7 +5071,8 @@
 			chomp $line;
 			$nr++;
 			$line = untabify($line);
-			printf "<div class=\"pre\"><a id=\"l%i\" href=\"" . href(-replay => 1)
+			printf "<div class=\"pre\"><a id=\"l%i\" href=\""
+				. esc_attr(href(-replay => 1))
 				. "#l%i\" class=\"linenr\">%4i</a> %s</div>\n",
 			       $nr, $nr, $nr, esc_html($line, -nbsp=>1);
 		}
@@ -5124,7 +5132,7 @@
 		undef $hash_base;
 		print "<div class=\"page_nav\">\n";
 		print "<br/><br/></div>\n";
-		print "<div class=\"title\">$hash</div>\n";
+		print "<div class=\"title\">".esc_html($hash)."</div>\n";
 	}
 	if (defined $file_name) {
 		$basedir = $file_name;
@@ -5543,7 +5551,7 @@
 			git_print_header_div('commit', esc_html($co{'title'}), $hash_base);
 		} else {
 			print "<div class=\"page_nav\"><br/>$formats_nav<br/></div>\n";
-			print "<div class=\"title\">$hash vs $hash_parent</div>\n";
+			print "<div class=\"title\">".esc_html("$hash vs $hash_parent")."</div>\n";
 		}
 		if (defined $file_name) {
 			git_print_page_path($file_name, "blob", $hash_base);