vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-6678-1 (CVE-2020-12279): libgit2 vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Apr 27, 2020 | Mar 6, 2024 | Apr 16, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Apr 27, 2020
Added
Mar 6, 2024
Modified
Apr 16, 2026
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.
Solutions
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libgit2-24ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libgit2-26ubuntu-upgrade-libgit2-1-1ubuntu-upgrade-libgit2-1-5ubuntu-upgrade-libgit2-28
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