GitLab Community Edition up to 11.6.9/11.7.5/11.8.0 resource consumption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in GitLab Community Edition up to 11.6.9/11.7.5/11.8.0. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to resource consumption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2019-9177. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GitLab Community Edition up to 11.6.9/11.7.5/11.8.0 (Bug Tracking Software). This vulnerability affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

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 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (issue 2 of 2).

The weakness was disclosed 05/29/2019. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-9177 since 02/26/2019. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

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

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Type

• Bug Tracking Software

Vendor

• GitLab

Name

• Community Edition

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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