vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2020-12279: libgit2: NTFS protections inactive when running Git in the Windows Subsystem for Linux
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Apr 27, 2020 | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Apr 27, 2020
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
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.
Solution
no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
References
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