Data Handling - CVE-2014-9706
Published: March 31, 2015 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33082
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9706
CWE-ID: CWE-19
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The build_index_from_tree function in index.py in Dulwich before 0.9.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a commit with a directory path starting with .git/, which is not properly handled when checking out a working tree.
Affected software
py-dulwich (Alpine package)
cabextract (Alpine package)
python-dulwich
Fedora
cabextract (Alpine package)
python-dulwich
Fedora
How to mitigate CVE-2014-9706
Install update from vendor's website.
py-dulwich (Alpine package) - update to 0.10.0-r0
cabextract (Alpine package) - update to 1.6-r0
python-dulwich - addressed in versions 0.10.0-1.el6, 0.10.0-1.el7, 0.10.0-1.fc21, 0.10.0-1.fc22
cabextract (Alpine package) - update to 1.6-r0
python-dulwich - addressed in versions 0.10.0-1.el6, 0.10.0-1.el7, 0.10.0-1.fc21, 0.10.0-1.fc22
External References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154523.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154551.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3206
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/21/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/22/26
- https://git.samba.org/?p=jelmer/dulwich.git;a=commitdiff;h=091638be3c89f46f42c3b1d57dc1504af5729176
- https://lists.launchpad.net/dulwich-users/msg00827.html