Path Traversal in Gitolite
CVE-2012-4506
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.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.021 (80.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 80.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Gitolite — versions 3.0, 3.02, 3.03
- Sitaram Chamarty Gitolite — versions 3.01
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- groups.google.com/forum/
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/55853 (vdb-entry)
- github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/commit/f636ce3ba3e340569b26d1e47b9d9b62dd8a3bf2
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/10/1 (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/50896 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/10/2 (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79130 (vdb-entry)