GitLab Enterprise Edition 10.3.3 Project Import Temporary path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in GitLab Enterprise Edition 10.3.3. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Project Import. Performing a manipulation results in path traversal (Temporary). This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2018-3710. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in GitLab Enterprise Edition 10.3.3 (Bug Tracking Software). This affects an unknown code of the component Project Import. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability (Temporary). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Gitlab Community and Enterprise Editions version 10.3.3 is vulnerable to an Insecure Temporary File in the project import component resulting remote code execution.

The bug was discovered 01/16/2018. The weakness was disclosed 03/21/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at about.gitlab.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-3710 since 12/28/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 106115 (FreeBSD : gitlab -- Remote code execution on project import (65fab89f-2231-46db-8541-978f4e87f32a)), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 176326 (Debian Security Update for gitlab (DSA 4145-1)).

Upgrading 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 (106115). The entries VDB-114849, VDB-114850, VDB-114851 and VDB-114852 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Name: Temporary
Class: Path traversal / Temporary
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 106115
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : gitlab -- Remote code execution on project import (65fab89f-2231-46db-8541-978f4e87f32a)
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OpenVAS ID: 800272
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 4145-1 (gitlab - security update)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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12/28/2017 🔍
01/16/2018 +19 days 🔍
01/17/2018 +1 days 🔍
01/18/2018 +1 days 🔍
03/21/2018 +62 days 🔍
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03/22/2018 +1 days 🔍
02/22/2023 +1798 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: 3510
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-3710 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-3710
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-114867

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/22/2018 07:59
Updated: 02/22/2023 14:50
Changes: 03/22/2018 07:59 (75), 01/15/2020 15:44 (2), 02/22/2023 14:48 (4), 02/22/2023 14:50 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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