Bug 1771411 (CVE-2018-20683) - CVE-2018-20683 gitolite: security issue in optional bundle helper ("rsync" command)
Summary: CVE-2018-20683 gitolite: security issue in optional bundle helper ("rsync" co...
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2018-20683
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1771412 1771413
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-11-12 10:15 UTC by Dhananjay Arunesh
Modified: 2021-02-16 21:04 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-11-12 12:51:26 UTC
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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.
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