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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 4, 2011· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2011-1572

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.

Affected products

27
  • Gitolite/Gitolite27 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 26 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.5.9
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:0.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:0.55:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:0.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:0.65:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:0.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:0.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:0.85:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:0.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:0.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

1
4ce00aef84d1

security fix for optional ADC (admin-defined command) feature

https://github.com/sitaramc/gitoliteSitaram ChamartyFeb 15, 2011via nvd-ref
commit
1 file changed · +1 −0
  • src/gl-auth-command+1 −0 modified
    @@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ die "server is in slave mode; you can only fetch\n"
 if ($GL_ADC_PATH and -d $GL_ADC_PATH) {
     my ($cmd, @args) = split ' ', $ENV{SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND};
     if (-x "$GL_ADC_PATH/$cmd") {
+        die "I don't like $cmd\n" if $cmd =~ /\.\./;
         # yes this is rather strict, sorry.
         do { die "I don't like $_\n" unless $_ =~ $ADC_CMD_ARGS_PATT } for ($cmd, @args);
         &log_it("$GL_ADC_PATH/$ENV{SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND}");

Vulnerability mechanics

Generated by null/stub on May 9, 2026. Inputs: CWE entries + fix-commit diffs from this CVE's patches. Citations validated against bundle.

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