CVE-2023-4759 — Link Following in Jgit

CWE-59 — Link FollowingCWE-178 — Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity9 documents7 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.0%
top 23.28%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Eclipse JgitEclipse Foundation Eclipse Jgit
Timeline
PublishedSep 12
Latest updateOct 15

Description

Arbitrary File Overwrite in Eclipse JGit <= 6.6.0 In Eclipse JGit, all versions <= 6.6.0.202305301015-r, a symbolic link present in a specially crafted git repository can be used to write a file to locations outside the working tree when this repository is cloned with JGit to a case-insensitive filesystem, or when a checkout from a clone of such a repository is performed on a case-insensitive filesystem. This can happen on checkout (DirCacheCheckout), merge (ResolveMerger via its WorkingTreeUp…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDeclipse/jgit6.6.0 — 6.6.0.202305301015+2
▶Debianeclipse/jgit< 6.7.0-1+1
▶CVEListV5eclipse_foundation/eclipse_jgit0.0.0 — 6.6.0.202305301015-r

Patches

Patch: git.eclipse.org ↗Patch: git.eclipse.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
Arbitrary File Overwrite in Eclipse JGit↗2023-09-18
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GHSA
Arbitrary File Overwrite in Eclipse JGit↗2023-09-18
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OSV
CVE-2023-4759: Arbitrary File Overwrite in Eclipse JGit <= 6↗2023-09-12
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CVEList
Improper handling of case insensitive filesystems in Eclipse JGit allows arbitrary file write↗2023-09-12
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Oracle
Oracle Oracle Fusion Middleware Risk Matrix: Centralized Thirdparty Jars (Eclipse JGit) — CVE-2023-4759↗2024-10-15
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Oracle
Oracle Oracle Fusion Middleware Risk Matrix: NextGen Installer (Eclipse JGit) — CVE-2023-4759↗2024-07-15
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Red Hat
jgit: arbitrary file overwrite↗2023-09-12
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Debian
CVE-2023-4759: jgit - Arbitrary File Overwrite in Eclipse JGit <= 6.6.0 In Eclipse JGit, all versions...↗2023
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