Fedora Security Update Fixes Gitolite Directory Traversal Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been identified in Fedora, which could be exploited by malicious users to gain unauthorized access to arbitrary files on a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by an input validation error in Gitolite when processing admin defined commands (ADC), which could be exploited by authenticated users to conduct directory traversal attacks and execute arbitrary code.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
Fedora 14
     
Solution   Upgrade the affected package (gitolite) : http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/
     
CVE  
     
References   http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/054250.html
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
Misc : Directory traversal - parameter starting with ../
3.2.0
Directory traversal using ..\..
3.2.0
Directory traversal
3.2.0
Directory traversal backward root folder
3.2.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Moderate 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2011-02-22 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote