Directory traversal vulnerability in gitolite 3.x before 3.1, when wild card repositories and a pattern matching “…/” are enabled, allows remote authenticated users to create arbitrary repositories and possibly perform other actions via a … (dot dot) in a repository name.
secunia.com/advisories/50896
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/10/1
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/10/2
www.securityfocus.com/bid/55853
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79130
github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/commit/f636ce3ba3e340569b26d1e47b9d9b62dd8a3bf2
groups.google.com/forum/