CVE-2011-1572

Summary

CVECVE-2011-1572
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-10-04 10:55:09 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in the Admin Defined Commands (ADC) feature in gitolite before 1.5.9.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via .. (dot dot) sequences in admin-defined commands.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gitolite Gitolite 0.50 All All All
Application Gitolite Gitolite 0.55 All All All
Application Gitolite Gitolite 0.60 All All All
Application Gitolite Gitolite 0.65 All All All
Application Gitolite Gitolite 0.70 All All All
Application Gitolite Gitolite 0.80 All All All
Application Gitolite Gitolite 0.85 All All All
Application Gitolite Gitolite 0.90 All All All
Application Gitolite Gitolite 0.95 All All All
Application Gitolite Gitolite 1.0 All All All
Application Gitolite Gitolite 1.0 rc1 All All
Application Gitolite Gitolite 1.1 All All All
Application Gitolite Gitolite 1.2 All All All
Application Gitolite Gitolite 1.3 All All All
Application Gitolite Gitolite 1.4 All All All
Application Gitolite Gitolite 1.4.1 All All All
Application Gitolite Gitolite 1.4.2 All All All
Application Gitolite Gitolite 1.5 All All All
Application Gitolite Gitolite 1.5.1 All All All
Application Gitolite Gitolite 1.5.2 All All All
Application Gitolite Gitolite 1.5.3 All All All
Application Gitolite Gitolite 1.5.4 All All All
Application Gitolite Gitolite 1.5.5 All All All
Application Gitolite Gitolite 1.5.6 All All All
Application Gitolite Gitolite 1.5.7 All All All
Application Gitolite Gitolite 1.5.8 All All All
Application Gitolite Gitolite All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-sec: Re: CVE id request: gitolite af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Patch
695568 – (CVE-2011-1572) CVE-2011-1572 gitolite: arbitrary command execution flaw with optional admin-defined command feature af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
Google Groups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 groups.google.com
oss-sec: CVE id request: gitolite af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2215-1 gitolite af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
security fix for optional ADC (admin-defined command) feature · sitaramc/gitolite@4ce00ae · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
Gitolite 'ADC' Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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