CVE-2020-12279
Published: 27 April 2020
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.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
---|---|---|
libgit2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
focal |
Not vulnerable
(0.28.4+dfsg.1-2)
|
groovy |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
kinetic |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
|
|
hirsute |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
jammy |
Not vulnerable
(1.1.0+dfsg.1-4.1build1)
|
|
lunar |
Not vulnerable
|
|
impish |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
bionic |
Released
(0.26.0+dfsg.1-1.1ubuntu0.2+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro |
|
eoan |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
trusty |
Needed
|
|
upstream |
Released
(0.28.4,0.99.0)
|
|
mantic |
Not vulnerable
|
|
xenial |
Released
(0.24.1-2ubuntu0.2+esm2)
Available with Ubuntu Pro |
|
Patches: upstream: https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/64c612cc3e25eff5fb02c59ef5a66ba7a14751e4 |
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 9.8 |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-12279
- https://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-589j-mmg9-733v
- https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.28.4
- https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.99.0
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6678-1
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian