CVE-2012-6114

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2012-6114 · Published 28/01/2020 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-6114 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting git-extras (git-extras project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.38%, higher than 32.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
git-extras git-extras_project	`= 1.7.0`	No fix yet

Description

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

openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/22/8 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/23/5 · Mailing List
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi · Third Party Advisory

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