CVE-2011-1572

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Admin Defined Commands (ADC) feature in gitolite before 1.5.9.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via .. (dot dot) sequences in admin-defined commands.

Published: 2011-10-04 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2011-1572 is rated Moderate Risk (50.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.59%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-1572

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-06-04 1.10% 0.59% -0.50%
2 2025-03-30 1.58% 1.10% -0.48%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.58% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-1572

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-1572

OS Trackers for CVE-2011-1572

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2011-1572: 1 GLSA(s) (201412-09), 25 atom(s) (app-admin/syslog-ng, app-misc/ca-certificates, …); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2011-1572
ubuntu medium CVE-2011-1572 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gitolite), 8 status rows across 8 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, upstream): not-affected 3, DNE 2, ignored 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-1572

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-1572

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gitolite gitolite <= 1.5.9 cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitolite gitolite 0.50 cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:0.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitolite gitolite 0.55 cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:0.55:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitolite gitolite 0.60 cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:0.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitolite gitolite 0.65 cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:0.65:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitolite gitolite 0.70 cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:0.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitolite gitolite 0.80 cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:0.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitolite gitolite 0.85 cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:0.85:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitolite gitolite 0.90 cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:0.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitolite gitolite 0.95 cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:0.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitolite gitolite 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitolite gitolite 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitolite gitolite 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitolite gitolite 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitolite gitolite 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitolite gitolite 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitolite gitolite 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitolite gitolite 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitolite gitolite 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitolite gitolite 1.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitolite gitolite 1.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitolite gitolite 1.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitolite gitolite 1.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitolite gitolite 1.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitolite gitolite 1.5.6 cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitolite gitolite 1.5.7 cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitolite gitolite 1.5.8 cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:1.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-1572

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