Bug 1771411 (CVE-2018-20683)

Summary:	CVE-2018-20683 gitolite: security issue in optional bundle helper ("rsync" command)
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Dhananjay Arunesh <darunesh>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED UPSTREAM	QA Contact:
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	extras-orphan, gwync, lkundrak, opensource
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Bug Depends On:	1771412, 1771413
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Description Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-11-12 10:15:10 UTC

A vulnerability was found in commands/rsync in Gitolite before 3.6.11, if .gitolite.rc enables rsync, mishandles the rsync command line, which allows attackers to have a "bad" impact by triggering use of an option other than -v, -n, -q, or -P.

Reference:
https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/blob/master/CHANGELOG
https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/commit/5df2b817255ee919991da6c310239e08c8fcc1ae

Comment 1 Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-11-12 10:15:31 UTC

Created gitolite tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1771413]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1771412]

Comment 2 Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-11-12 10:18:02 UTC

External References:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/gitolite-announce/6xbjjmpLePQ

Comment 3 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-11-12 12:51:26 UTC

This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.