--- title: "CVE-2012-4506\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4506?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2012-4506 Publication date 22 October 2012 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## 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. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4506?format=md#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | gitolite | 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected | | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected | | 11.04 natty | Not affected | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## Notes --- ### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand) per Debian Only affects 3.x releases ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4506) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4506) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-4506) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4506) ### Other references * * *