Bug 1121570 - (CVE-2018-20683) VUL-1: CVE-2018-20683: gitolite: commands/rsync mishandles the rsync command line
(CVE-2018-20683)
VUL-1: CVE-2018-20683: gitolite: commands/rsync mishandles the rsync command ...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Classification: openSUSE
Product: openSUSE Distribution
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Security
Leap 42.3
Other Other
: P4 - Low : Minor (vote)
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Assigned To: Christian Wittmer
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https://smash.suse.de/issue/222586/
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Reported: 2019-01-11 09:55 UTC by Karol Babioch
Modified: 2019-01-17 23:38 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Found By: Security Response Team
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Description Karol Babioch 2019-01-11 09:55:23 UTC
CVE-2018-20683

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.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2018-20683
https://bugs.debian.org/918849
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/gitolite-announce/6xbjjmpLePQ
https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/commit/5df2b817255ee919991da6c310239e08c8fcc1ae
https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/blob/master/CHANGELOG
Comment 1 Christian Wittmer 2019-01-14 14:52:44 UTC
ongoing work
Comment 2 Swamp Workflow Management 2019-01-14 16:10:06 UTC
This is an autogenerated message for OBS integration:
This bug (1121570) was mentioned in
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/665994 Factory / gitolite
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/666001 15.0+42.3+Backports:SLE-15 / gitolite
Comment 3 Andreas Stieger 2019-01-17 18:48:47 UTC
done
Comment 4 Swamp Workflow Management 2019-01-17 23:38:27 UTC
openSUSE-SU-2019:0054-1: An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 1121570
CVE References: CVE-2018-20683
Sources used:
openSUSE Leap 42.3 (src):    gitolite-3.6.11-4.6.1
openSUSE Leap 15.0 (src):    gitolite-3.6.11-lp150.2.6.1
openSUSE Backports SLE-15 (src):    gitolite-3.6.11-bp150.3.6.1