GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 11.5.7/11.6.5/11.7.0 Project Import Long String input validation
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A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 11.5.7/11.6.5/11.7.0 (Bug Tracking Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Project Import. The manipulation as part of a Long String leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does
not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
properties that are required to process the data safely and
correctly. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.5.8, 11.6.x before 11.6.6, and 11.7.x before 11.7.1. It allows Denial of Service. Inputting an overly long string into a Markdown field could cause a denial of service.
The weakness was disclosed 09/09/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at about.gitlab.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-6785 since 01/24/2019. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 121522 (FreeBSD : Gitlab -- Multiple vulnerabilities (467b7cbe-257d-11e9-8573-001b217b3468)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading to version 11.5.8, 11.6.6 or 11.7.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (121522). The entries 133364, 133425, 135247 and 135248 are pretty similar.
Product
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Vendor
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Version
- 11.0
- 11.1
- 11.2
- 11.3
- 11.4
- 11.5
- 11.5.0
- 11.5.1
- 11.5.2
- 11.5.3
- 11.5.4
- 11.5.5
- 11.5.6
- 11.5.7
- 11.6
- 11.6.0
- 11.6.1
- 11.6.2
- 11.6.3
- 11.6.4
- 11.6.5
- 11.7
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8
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Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 121522
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : Gitlab -- Multiple vulnerabilities (467b7cbe-257d-11e9-8573-001b217b3468)
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Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 11.5.8/11.6.6/11.7.1
Timeline
01/24/2019 🔍01/31/2019 🔍
02/01/2019 🔍
09/09/2019 🔍
09/10/2019 🔍
12/18/2023 🔍
Sources
Vendor: gitlab.comAdvisory: 52212
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2019-6785 (🔍)
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Entry
Created: 09/10/2019 10:18Updated: 12/18/2023 14:39
Changes: 09/10/2019 10:18 (67), 08/17/2020 17:11 (1), 12/18/2023 14:39 (4)
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