Path traversal in gitolite - CVE-2011-1572
Published: October 4, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44650
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-1572
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: sitaramc (Sitaram Chamarty)
Affected software:
gitolite
gitolite
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-1572
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- 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