ADVISORY!
TLP : CLEAR
Date : 15/04/2024
REF NO : CERT / 2024/04/30
GitLab Multiple Vulnerabilities
Severity Level: Medium
Components Affected
- GitLab Community Edition (CE) versions prior to 16.10.2, 16.9.4 and 16.8.6
- GitLab Enterprise Edition (EE) versions prior to 16.10.2, 16.9.4 and 16.8.6
Overview
Multiple vulnerabilities were identified in GitLab. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to trigger cross-site scripting and denial of service on the targeted system.
Description
A denial of service vulnerability was identified in GitLab CE/EE, versions 16.7.7 prior to 16.8.6, 16.9 prior to 16.9.4 and 16.10 prior to 16.10.2 which allows an attacker to spike the GitLab instance resources usage resulting in service degradation via chat integration feature.
An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions before 16.8.6, all versions starting from 16.9 before 16.9.4, all versions starting from 16.10 before 16.10.2. It was possible for an attacker to cause a denial of service using malicious crafted content in a junit test report file.
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 16.7 to 16.8.6 all versions starting from 16.9 before 16.9.4, all versions starting from 16.10 before 16.10.2. Using the autocomplete for issues references feature a crafted payload may lead to a stored XSS, allowing attackers to perform arbitrary actions on behalf of victims.
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 16.9 before 16.9.4, all versions starting from 16.10 before 16.10.2. A payload may lead to a Stored XSS while using the diff viewer, allowing attackers to perform arbitrary actions on behalf of victims.
Impact
- Cross-Site Scripting
- Denial of Service
Solution/ Workarounds
Before installation of the software, please visit the vendor web-site for more details.
Apply fixes issued by the vendor:
Reference
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