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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-12278): libgit2 vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-12278): libgit2 vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/27/2020
Created
03/07/2024
Added
03/06/2024
Modified
03/06/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in libgit2 before 0.28.4 and 0.9x before 0.99.0. path.c mishandles equivalent filenames that exist because of NTFS Alternate Data Streams. This may allow remote code execution when cloning a repository. This issue is similar to CVE-2019-1352.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libgit2-24
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libgit2-26

References

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