CVE-2012-4506 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Directory traversal vulnerability in gitolite 3.x before 3.1, when wild card repositories and a pattern matching "../" are enabled, allows remote authenticated users to create arbitrary repositories and possibly perform other actions via a .. (dot dot) in a repository name.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00557.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Gitolite	Gitolite
Sitaram Chamarty	Gitolite

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:3.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:3.02:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:3.03:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:3.04:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sitaram_chamarty:gitolite:3.01:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-4435	Directory traversal vulnerability in gitolite 3.x before 3.1, when wild card repositories and a pattern matching "../" are enabled, allows remote authenticated users to create arbitrary repositories and possibly perform other actions via a .. (dot dot) in a repository name.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/50896
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/10/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/10/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55853
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79130
https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/commit/f636ce3ba3e340569b26d1e47b9d9b62dd8a3bf2
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/gitolite/K9SnQNhCQ-0/discussion

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-10-22T23:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:35:09.932Z

Reserved: 2012-08-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-4506

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-10-22T23:55:07.243

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-4506

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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