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CVE-2012-4506

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Published: Oct 22, 2012Modified: Apr 29, 2026

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4.6
Vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 6.4
Source: NVD

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.

Affected (5)

Gitolite
1 product
Gitolite
Sitaram Chamarty
1 product
Gitolite
Configuration A
5 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Gitolite
Gitolite
Version 3.02
Gitolite
Version 3.03
Gitolite
Version 3.04
Gitolite
Version 3.0
Gitolite
Version 3.01

Related CWEs

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

References (14)

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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