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CVE-2014-9706

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2015-03-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-19

Description

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 products

• Debian Linux: 7.0
• Dulwich Project Dulwich: through 0.9.8

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%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=091638be3c89f46f42c3b1d57dc1504af5729176
• https://lists.launchpad.net/dulwich-users/msg00827.html
• 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

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