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TITLE:
gitolite Directory Traversal Security Issue

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA50896

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RELEASE DATE:
2012-10-10

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DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in gitolite, which can be
exploited by malicious users to bypass certain security
restrictions.

The security issue is caused due to an error when handling certain
actions and can be exploited to e.g. perform actions with the
privileges of the gitolite server via directory traversal attacks.

Successful exploitation requires using wild card repositories and
allowing to match "../" string patterns.

The security issue is reported in version 3.x.

SOLUTION:
Fixed in the source code repository.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Stephane.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/gitolite/K9SnQNhCQ-0/discussion[1-25]

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