Vulnerability CVE-2013-2117
Published: 2013-08-09   Modified: 2013-08-10

Description:
Directory traversal vulnerability in the cgit_parse_readme function in ui-summary.c in cgit before 0.9.2, when a readme file is set to a filesystem path, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the url parameter.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
cgit directory traversal
Jason A. Donenfe...
26.05.2013

Type:

CWE-22

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

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Lars hjemli -> CGIT 

 References:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/27/3
http://secunia.com/advisories/54186
http://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2013-May/001394.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00061.html
http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?h=wip&id=babf94e04e74123eb658a823213c062663cdadd6
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