Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 22, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-4506
CVE-2012-4506
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.
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Affected products
6cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
- cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:3.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:3.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:3.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sitaram_chamarty:gitolite:3.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: >=3.0, <3.1
Patches
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References
7- secunia.com/advisories/50896nvdVendor Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/10/1nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/10/2nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/55853nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79130nvd
- github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/commit/f636ce3ba3e340569b26d1e47b9d9b62dd8a3bf2nvd
- groups.google.com/forum/nvd
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