GitLab Community Edition up to 11.1.7/11.2.4/11.3.1 Epic Change Description information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition up to 11.1.7/11.2.4/11.3.1. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Epic Change Description Handler. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2018-17976. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GitLab Community Edition up to 11.1.7/11.2.4/11.3.1 (Bug Tracking Software). This issue affects an unknown function of the component Epic Change Description Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community Edition 11.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 Epic change descriptions.

The bug was discovered 10/05/2018. The weakness was published 12/04/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at about.gitlab.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-17976 since 10/03/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

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). Similar entries are available at VDB-127503 and VDB-127504. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Bug Tracking Software

Vendor

• GitLab

Name

• Community Edition

Version

• 11.1.0
• 11.1.1
• 11.1.2
• 11.1.3
• 11.1.4
• 11.1.5
• 11.1.6
• 11.1.7
• 11.2.0
• 11.2.1
• 11.2.2
• 11.2.3
• 11.2.4
• 11.3.0
• 11.3.1

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://gitlab.com/

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 6.5
NVD Vector: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 117966
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : Gitlab -- multiple vulnerabilities (23413442-c8ea-11e8-b35c-001b217b3468)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Community Edition 11.1.8/11.2.5/11.3.2

Timelineinfo

10/03/2018 🔍
10/05/2018 +2 days 🔍
10/05/2018 +0 days 🔍
10/09/2018 +4 days 🔍
12/04/2018 +56 days 🔍
12/04/2018 +0 days 🔍
12/05/2018 +1 days 🔍
06/13/2023 +1651 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: 51581
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2018-17976 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-17976
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-127505
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/05/2018 14:39
Updated: 06/13/2023 08:38
Changes: 12/05/2018 14:39 (67), 04/17/2020 16:11 (2), 06/13/2023 08:38 (4)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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