CVE-2013-2117

medium
Published 2013-08-09 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
4.3

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the cgit_parse_readme function in ui-summary.c in cgit before 0.9.2, when a readme file is set to a filesystem path, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the url parameter.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed0
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed0
debian debiansidfixed0
debian debiantrixiefixed0

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
jason_a_donenfeldcgit{"endIncluding":"0.9.1"}
lars_hjemlicgit0.1
lars_hjemlicgit0.2
lars_hjemlicgit0.3
lars_hjemlicgit0.4
lars_hjemlicgit0.5
lars_hjemlicgit0.6
lars_hjemlicgit0.6.1
lars_hjemlicgit0.6.2
lars_hjemlicgit0.6.3
lars_hjemlicgit0.7
lars_hjemlicgit0.7.1
lars_hjemlicgit0.7.2
lars_hjemlicgit0.8
lars_hjemlicgit0.8.1
lars_hjemlicgit0.8.1.1
lars_hjemlicgit0.8.2
lars_hjemlicgit0.8.2.1
lars_hjemlicgit0.8.2.2
lars_hjemlicgit0.8.3
lars_hjemlicgit0.8.3.1
lars_hjemlicgit0.8.3.2
lars_hjemlicgit0.8.3.3
lars_hjemlicgit0.8.3.4
lars_hjemlicgit0.8.3.5
lars_hjemlicgit0.9
lars_hjemlicgit0.9.0.1
lars_hjemlicgit0.9.0.2
lars_hjemlicgit0.9.0.3

References

CWEs

CWE-22

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.