PT-2019-10163 · Gitolite+1 · Gitolite+1

Nick Cleaton · Published 2019-01-10 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2018-20683

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Gitolite versions prior to 3.6.11

Description: The issue arises when the .gitolite.rc file enables rsync in Gitolite. In this scenario, Gitolite mishandles the rsync command line, allowing attackers to trigger the use of an option other than -v, -n, -q, or -P, potentially having a negative impact.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 3.6.11, update to version 3.6.11 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-20683

MGASA-2019-0058

OPENSUSE-SU-2019:0054-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2019_0054-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10789-1

Affected Products

Gitolite

Suse

References · 26

• https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/commit/5df2b817255ee919991da6c310239e08c8fcc1ae · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2019:0054-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20683 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2019-0058 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0058.html · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20683 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20683 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-20683 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2018-20683 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-20683 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20683 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10789-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20683 · Security Note
• https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/blob/master/CHANGELOG · Note
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2019-01/msg00062.html · Note