CVE-2012-4506

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-4506
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-10-22 23:55:07 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionDirectory 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gitolite Gitolite 3.0 All All All
Application Gitolite Gitolite 3.02 All All All
Application Gitolite Gitolite 3.03 All All All
Application Gitolite Gitolite 3.04 All All All
Application Sitaram Chamarty Gitolite 3.01 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
(security) fix bug in pattern to detect path traversal · sitaramc/gitolite@f636ce3 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Gitolite CVE-2012-4506 Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - CVE Request: gitolite path traversal vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: gitolite path traversal vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Google Groups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 groups.google.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Security Advisory SA50896 - gitolite Directory Traversal Security Issue - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Google Groups MITRE groups.google.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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