CVE-2020-12279

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{"bugzilla": {"description": "libgit2: NTFS protections inactive when running Git in the Windows Subsystem for Linux", "id": "1829407", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1829407"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "8.1", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-358", "details": ["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."], "name": "CVE-2020-12279", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "libgit2", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "libgit2", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}], "public_date": "2019-09-18T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-12279\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12279"], "statement": "Even if the code in the versions of libgit2 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, and 8 are affected by this flaw, Red Hat does not support the NTFS filesystem nor Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). For this reason, the flaw has a Low Impact.", "threat_severity": "Low"}

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