GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 11.1.7/11.2.4/11.3.1 JSON Endpoint Request information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 11.1.7/11.2.4/11.3.1. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component JSON Endpoint. Performing a manipulation as part of Request results in information disclosure. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-17939. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 11.1.7/11.2.4/11.3.1 (Bug Tracking Software). This affects an unknown code block of the component JSON Endpoint. The manipulation as part of a Request leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition 11.1.x before 11.1.8, 11.2.x before 11.2.5, and 11.3.x before 11.3.2. There is Information Exposure via the merge request JSON endpoint.

The bug was discovered 10/05/2018. The weakness was presented 12/04/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at about.gitlab.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-17939 since 10/03/2018. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 117966 (FreeBSD : Gitlab -- multiple vulnerabilities (23413442-c8ea-11e8-b35c-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 11.1.8, 11.2.5 or 11.3.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (117966). See VDB-127504 and VDB-127505 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 117966
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : Gitlab -- multiple vulnerabilities (23413442-c8ea-11e8-b35c-001b217b3468)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 11.1.8/11.2.5/11.3.2

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10/03/2018 🔍
10/05/2018 +2 days 🔍
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10/09/2018 +4 days 🔍
12/04/2018 +56 days 🔍
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04/17/2020 +499 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: about.gitlab.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-17939 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-17939
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-127503
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/05/2018 14:38
Updated: 04/17/2020 15:54
Changes: 12/05/2018 14:38 (68), 04/17/2020 15:54 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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