What is CVE-2013-4451?

CVE-2013-4451 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Gitolite, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-09-21.

How severe is CVE-2013-4451?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Gitolite

CVE-2013-4451

gitolite commit fa06a34 through 3.5.3 might allow attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving world-writable permissions when creating (1) ~/.gitolite.rc, (2) ~/.gitolite, or (3) ~/repositories/gitolite-admin.git on fresh installs.

EPSS: 0.031 (86.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Gitolite
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch, Mailing List)
secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-4451?: CVE-2013-4451 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Gitolite, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-09-21.
How severe is CVE-2013-4451?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.