An issue was discovered in libgit2 before 0.28.4 and 0.9x... · CVE-2020-12279 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

An issue was discovered in libgit2 before 0.28.4 and 0.9x...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 24, 2023

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database

Apr 27, 2020

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022

Last updated Feb 24, 2023

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Learn more on MITRE.

CWE-706

Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference

The product uses a name or reference to access a resource, but the name/reference resolves to a resource that is outside of the intended control sphere. Learn more on MITRE.