CVE-2020-12279
Description
An issue was discovered in libgit2 before 0.28.4 and 0.9x before 0.99.0. checkout.c mishandles equivalent filenames that exist because of NTFS short names. This may allow remote code execution when cloning a repository. This issue is similar to CVE-2019-1353.
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAttack VectorNetwork
AC:LAttack ComplexityLow
PR:NPrivileges RequiredNone
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:UScopeUnchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentialityHigh
I:HIntegrityHigh
A:HAvailabilityHigh
Weaknesses
Affected Products
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
libgit2
oss-projectaka libgit 2
debian
oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux
АО «НППКТ»
commercial·RU
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Exploitability
Official Patch Available
References
https://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-589j-mmg9-733v
github.com
https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/64c612cc3e25eff5fb02c59ef5a66ba7a14751e4
github.com
https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.28.4
github.com
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