critical9.8
CVE-2020-12279
An issue was discovered in libgit2 before 0.28.4 and 0.9x before 0.99.0.
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Libgit2 | Libgit2 | before 0.28.4 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 9.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-589j-mmg9-733v
- https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/64c612cc3e25eff5fb02c59ef5a66ba7a14751e4
- https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.28.4
- https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.99.0
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00031.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00034.html
- https://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-589j-mmg9-733v
- https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/64c612cc3e25eff5fb02c59ef5a66ba7a14751e4
- https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.28.4
- https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.99.0
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00031.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00034.html