GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 11.3 path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 11.3. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2019-6240. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 11.3 (Bug Tracking Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.4. It allows Directory Traversal.

The bug was discovered 01/11/2019. The weakness was presented 03/25/2019. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-6240 since 01/11/2019. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 121220 (FreeBSD : Gitlab -- Arbitrary repo read in Gitlab project import (ff50192c-19eb-11e9-8573-001b217b3468)), 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 11.4 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 (121220). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 121220
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : Gitlab -- Arbitrary repo read in Gitlab project import (ff50192c-19eb-11e9-8573-001b217b3468)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 11.4

Timelineinfo

01/11/2019 🔍
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01/17/2019 +6 days 🔍
01/17/2019 +0 days 🔍
03/25/2019 +67 days 🔍
03/26/2019 +1 days 🔍
08/07/2023 +1595 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: about.gitlab.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2019-6240 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-6240
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-132218

Entryinfo

Created: 03/26/2019 14:07
Updated: 08/07/2023 11:36
Changes: 03/26/2019 14:07 (63), 05/20/2020 08:26 (1), 08/07/2023 11:36 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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