GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 11.2.6/11.3.7/11.4.2 Bowser Cache information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 11.2.6/11.3.7/11.4.2. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Bowser Cache. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2018-18640. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 11.2.6/11.3.7/11.4.2 (Bug Tracking Software). Affected is an unknown functionality of the component Bowser Cache. The manipulation with an unknown input 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. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.2.7, 11.3.x before 11.3.8, and 11.4.x before 11.4.3. It has Information Exposure Through Browser Caching.

The bug was discovered 10/29/2018. The weakness was released 12/04/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at about.gitlab.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-18640 since 10/25/2018. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The successful exploitation needs a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 118497 (FreeBSD : Gitlab -- multiple vulnerabilities (b9591212-dba7-11e8-9416-001b217b3468)), 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 (118497). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-127304, VDB-127507, VDB-127508 and VDB-127509. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Bug Tracking Software

Vendor

GitLab

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open-source

Website

Vendor: https://gitlab.com/

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

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Nessus ID: 118497
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : Gitlab -- multiple vulnerabilities (b9591212-dba7-11e8-9416-001b217b3468)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 11.1.8/11.2.5/11.3.2

Timelineinfo

10/25/2018 🔍
10/29/2018 +4 days 🔍
10/29/2018 +0 days 🔍
10/30/2018 +1 days 🔍
12/04/2018 +35 days 🔍
12/04/2018 +0 days 🔍
12/05/2018 +1 days 🔍
06/13/2023 +1651 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: 51423
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2018-18640 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-18640
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-127506
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/05/2018 14:40
Updated: 06/13/2023 08:42
Changes: 12/05/2018 14:40 (67), 04/17/2020 16:15 (2), 06/13/2023 08:42 (4)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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