Libgit2
CVE-2020-12278
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Incorrectly specified target
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| Impact | CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the critical-severity affected system. |
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An issue was discovered in libgit2 before 0.28.4 and 0.9x before 0.99.0. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.
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A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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This vulnerability is classified under CWE-706. 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. Affected products include: Libgit2, Debian Debian Linux. Version information: before 0.28.4.
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
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.
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Remote Code Execution represents the critical moment when an attacker successfully runs arbitrary code on a target system without physical access.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
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Buffer overflow in the git_pkt_parse_line function in transports/smart_pkt.c in the Git Smart Protocol support in libgit
An issue was discovered in libgit2 before 0.28.4 and 0.9x before 0.99.0. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulner
The Git Smart Protocol support in libgit2 before 0.24.6 and 0.25.x before 0.25.1 allows remote attackers to cause a deni
A flaw was found in libgit2 before version 0.27.3. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploi
A flaw was found in libgit2 before version 0.27.3. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely expl
Incorrect returning of an error code in the index.c:read_entry() function leads to a double free in libgit2 before v0.26
Integer overflow in the index.c:read_entry() function while decompressing a compressed prefix length in libgit2 before v
The http_connect function in transports/http.c in libgit2 before 0.24.6 and 0.25.x before 0.25.1 might allow man-in-the-
libgit2 is a cross-platform, linkable library implementation of Git. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerabilit
The git_oid_nfmt function in commit.c in libgit2 before 0.24.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NUL
The git_commit_message function in oid.c in libgit2 before 0.24.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (
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