DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6114

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6114
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6114.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6114
Upstream
Published
2020-01-28T15:15:14.187Z
Modified
2025-11-19T01:08:49.520303Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The git-changelog utility in git-extras 1.7.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/changelog or (2) /tmp/.git-effort.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / git-extras

Package

Name
git-extras
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/git-extras?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.7.0-1.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6114.json"

Debian:12 / git-extras

Package

Name
git-extras
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/git-extras?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.7.0-1.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6114.json"

Debian:13 / git-extras

Package

Name
git-extras
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/git-extras?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.7.0-1.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6114.json"

Debian:14 / git-extras

Package

Name
git-extras
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/git-extras?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.7.0-1.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6114.json"