PT-2020-7273 · Unknown · Git-Extras

Helmut Grohne · CVE-2012-6114 · Published 2020-01-28 · Updated 2020-02-07

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: git-extras version 1.7.0

Description: The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/changelog or (2) /tmp/.git-effort. This is related to the git-changelog utility in git-extras.

Recommendations: For git-extras version 1.7.0, consider restricting access to the git-changelog utility until a patch is available, and avoid using the /tmp/changelog and /tmp/.git-effort files in a way that could be exploited by a symlink attack. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-6114

Affected Products

Git-Extras

References · 11

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6114 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-6114 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6114 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6114 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6114 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-6114 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6114 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/509 · Telegram Post
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=698490 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/23/5 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/22/8 · Note