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FreeBSD : gitolite -- path traversal vulnerability (f94befcd-1289-11e2-a25e-525400272390)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 62553

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Sitaram Chamarty reports :

I'm sorry to say there is a potential path traversal vulnerability in v3. Thanks to Stephane Chazelas for finding it and alerting me.

Can it affect you? This can only affect you if you are using wild card repos, *and* at least one of your patterns allows the string '../' to match multiple times.

How badly can it affect you? A malicious user who *also* has the ability to create arbitrary files in, say, /tmp (e.g., he has his own userid on the same box), can compromise the entire 'git' user.
Otherwise the worst he can do is create arbitrary repos in /tmp.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1f366f0f

http://www.nessus.org/u?51399fdb

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62553

File Name: freebsd_pkg_f94befcd128911e2a25e525400272390.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 10/16/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:gitolite, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 10/15/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4506