CVE-2014-9706 (GCVE-0-2014-9706)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-03-31 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:55
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2014-12-19 00:00
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