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Arbitrary File Overwrite Affecting github.com/github/hub package, versions <1.12.1

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
NVD  medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMGITHUBHUB-50036
  • published 13 Apr 2014
  • disclosed 13 Apr 2014
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 13 Apr 2014

CVE-2014-0177 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-310 Open this link in a new tab

Overview

Affected version of github.com/github/hub are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Overwrite. The am function in lib/hub/commands.rb in hub before 1.12.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary patch file.

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