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A vulnerability was found in GitLab up to 16.0. It has been classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Jira Prefix Handler. This manipulation causes redos. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-2232. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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A vulnerability was found in GitLab up to 16.0 (Bug Tracking Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Jira Prefix Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a redos vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-1333. The product uses a regular expression with an inefficient, possibly exponential worst-case computational complexity that consumes excessive CPU cycles. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from 15.10 before 16.1, leading to a ReDoS vulnerability in the Jira prefix

The weakness was disclosed 06/29/2023 as 408352. The advisory is shared at gitlab.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-2232 since 04/21/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1449.003 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 16.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-33742). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Bug Tracking Software

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• GitLab

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• 16.0

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• open-source

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