CVE-2011-1572

Description

Directory 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.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.10% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://groups.google.com/group/gitolite/browse_thread/thread/797a93ec26e1dcbc?pli=1
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q2/209 patch mailing list
https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/commit/4ce00aef84d1ff7c35f7adbbb99a6241cfda00cc patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2215 vendor advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q2/197 patch mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46473 patch vdb entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695568 patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65542 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-1572?
CVE-2011-1572 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-1572?
To fix CVE-2011-1572, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-1572 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-1572 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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