CVE catalog
CVE-2018-20683
gitolite3: CVE-2018-20683
- Severity
- High · CVSS 8.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 2.01% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | gitolite3 | sid | 3.6.12-4 | fixed |
| Debian | gitolite3 | forky | 3.6.12-4 | fixed |
| Debian | gitolite3 | trixie | 3.6.12-4 | fixed |
| Debian | gitolite3 | bookworm | 3.6.12-1 | fixed |
| Alpine | gitolite | 3.10 | 3.6.11-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | gitolite | 3.11 | 3.6.11-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | gitolite | 3.12 | 3.6.11-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | gitolite | 3.13 | 3.6.11-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | gitolite | 3.14 | 3.6.11-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | gitolite | 3.15 | 3.6.11-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | gitolite | 3.16 | 3.6.11-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | gitolite | 3.17 | 3.6.11-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | gitolite | 3.18 | 3.6.11-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | gitolite | 3.19 | 3.6.11-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | gitolite | 3.20 | 3.6.11-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | gitolite | 3.21 | 3.6.11-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | gitolite | 3.22 | 3.6.11-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | gitolite | 3.23 | 3.6.11-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | gitolite | 3.24 | 3.6.11-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | gitolite | 3.6 | 3.6.11-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | gitolite | 3.7 | 3.6.11-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | gitolite | 3.8 | 3.6.11-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | gitolite | 3.9 | 3.6.11-r0 | fixed |
| Suse | gitolite | package hub 15 | 3.6.11-bp150.3.6.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | gitolite | leap 15.0 | 3.6.11-bp150.3.6.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | gitolite3 | 16.04 | 3.6.3-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gitolite3 | 16.04 | 3.6.4-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | gitolite3 | 18.04 | 3.6.7-2 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | gitolite3 | source | sid | 3.6.11-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [918849] |
| Debian | gitolite3 | source | forky | 3.6.11-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [918849] |
| Debian | gitolite3 | source | trixie | 3.6.11-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [918849] |
| Debian | gitolite3 | source | bookworm | 3.6.11-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [918849] |
| Alpine | gitolite | apk | 3.10 | 3.6.11-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-20683 | Not reported |
| Alpine | gitolite | apk | 3.11 | 3.6.11-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-20683 | Not reported |
| Alpine | gitolite | apk | 3.12 | 3.6.11-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-20683 | Not reported |
| Alpine | gitolite | apk | 3.13 | 3.6.11-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-20683 | Not reported |
| Alpine | gitolite | apk | 3.14 | 3.6.11-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-20683 | Not reported |
| Alpine | gitolite | apk | 3.15 | 3.6.11-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-20683 | Not reported |
| Alpine | gitolite | apk | 3.16 | 3.6.11-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-20683 | Not reported |
| Alpine | gitolite | apk | 3.17 | 3.6.11-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-20683 | Not reported |
| Alpine | gitolite | apk | 3.18 | 3.6.11-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-20683 | Not reported |
| Alpine | gitolite | apk | 3.19 | 3.6.11-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-20683 | Not reported |
| Alpine | gitolite | apk | 3.20 | 3.6.11-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-20683 | Not reported |
| Alpine | gitolite | apk | 3.21 | 3.6.11-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-20683 | Not reported |
| Alpine | gitolite | apk | 3.22 | 3.6.11-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-20683 | Not reported |
| Alpine | gitolite | apk | 3.23 | 3.6.11-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-20683 | Not reported |
| Alpine | gitolite | apk | 3.24 | 3.6.11-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-20683 | Not reported |
| Alpine | gitolite | apk | 3.6 | 3.6.11-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-20683 | Not reported |
| Alpine | gitolite | apk | 3.7 | 3.6.11-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-20683 | Not reported |
| Alpine | gitolite | apk | 3.8 | 3.6.11-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-20683 | Not reported |
| Alpine | gitolite | apk | 3.9 | 3.6.11-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2018-20683 | Not reported |
| Suse | gitolite | rpm | package hub 15 | 3.6.11-bp150.3.6.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2019:0054-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | gitolite | rpm | leap 15.0 | 3.6.11-bp150.3.6.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2019:0054-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [gitolite3]Fixed
Details (2)
3.6.12-1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.6.11-1dsa · gitolite3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · gitolite3 · debian · 12
3.6.12-1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.6.11-1dsa · gitolite3 · debian · bookworm; dsa · gitolite3 · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [gitolite3]Fixed
Details (2)
3.6.12-4· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
3.6.11-1dsa · gitolite3 · debian · 13
3.6.12-4· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
3.6.11-1dsa · gitolite3 · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2019_0054-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2018-20683]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20683]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20683]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2019:0054-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20683]
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