Path traversal in gitolite - CVE-2011-1572
Published: October 4, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44650
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-1572
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in the Admin Defined Commands (ADC) feature in gitolite before 1.5.9.1. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via . (dot dot) sequences in admin-defined commands.
Affected software
gitolite
How to mitigate CVE-2011-1572
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
External References
- http://groups.google.com/group/gitolite/browse_thread/thread/797a93ec26e1dcbc?pli=1
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q2/197
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q2/209
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2215
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46473
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695568
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65542
- https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/commit/4ce00aef84d1ff7c35f7adbbb99a6241cfda00cc