Vulnerability CVE-2012-4506
Published: 2012-10-22   Modified: 2012-10-23

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-22

 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
High
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Sitaram chamarty -> Gitolite 
Gitolite -> Gitolite 

 References:
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/#!topic/gitolite/K9SnQNhCQ-0/discussion
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