GitLab Community/Enterprise up to 11.6.9/11.7.5/11.8.0 information disclosure

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in GitLab Community and Enterprise up to 11.6.9/11.7.5/11.8.0. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes information disclosure. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-9172. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community and Enterprise up to 11.6.9/11.7.5/11.8.0 (Bug Tracking Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.6.10, 11.7.x before 11.7.6, and 11.8.x before 11.8.1. It allows Information Exposure (issue 2 of 5).

The bug was discovered 03/04/2019. The weakness was shared 04/17/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at about.gitlab.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-9172 since 02/26/2019. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 44 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371751 (GitLab Multiple Security Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 11.6.10, 11.7.6 or 11.8.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries VDB-133457, VDB-133458, VDB-133460 and VDB-133461 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Bug Tracking Software

Vendor

• GitLab

Name

• Community
• Enterprise

Version

• 11.0
• 11.1
• 11.2
• 11.3
• 11.4
• 11.5
• 11.6
• 11.6.0
• 11.6.1
• 11.6.2
• 11.6.3
• 11.6.4
• 11.6.5
• 11.6.6
• 11.6.7
• 11.6.8
• 11.6.9
• 11.7
• 11.7.0
• 11.7.1
• 11.7.2
• 11.7.3
• 11.7.4
• 11.7.5
• 11.8.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://gitlab.com/

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