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    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.

    Published:Oct 22, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Oct 22, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.00557
    CVSS Score:4.6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gitolite
    Product
    Gitolite
    Vendor
    Sitaram Chamarty
    Product
    Gitolite

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    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
    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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High