GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 11.5.7/11.6.5/11.7.0 Access Control permissions

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 11.5.7/11.6.5/11.7.0. It has been rated as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component Access Control. The manipulation leads to permissions. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2019-6791. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 11.5.7/11.6.5/11.7.0 (Bug Tracking Software). This issue affects an unknown function of the component Access Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permissions vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-281. The product does not preserve permissions or incorrectly preserves permissions when copying, restoring, or sharing objects, which can cause them to have less restrictive permissions than intended. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.5.8, 11.6.x before 11.6.6, and 11.7.x before 11.7.1. It has Incorrect Access Control (issue 3 of 3). When a project with visibility more permissive than the target group is imported, it will retain its prior visibility.

The weakness was released 09/09/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at about.gitlab.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-6791 since 01/24/2019. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1222 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 121522 (FreeBSD : Gitlab -- Multiple vulnerabilities (467b7cbe-257d-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 11.5.8, 11.6.6 or 11.7.1 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 (121522). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-133364, VDB-133425, VDB-135247 and VDB-135248. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permissions
CWE: CWE-281 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 121522
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : Gitlab -- Multiple vulnerabilities (467b7cbe-257d-11e9-8573-001b217b3468)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 11.5.8/11.6.6/11.7.1

Timelineinfo

01/24/2019 🔍
01/31/2019 +7 days 🔍
02/01/2019 +1 days 🔍
09/09/2019 +220 days 🔍
09/10/2019 +1 days 🔍
08/17/2020 +342 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: about.gitlab.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2019-6791 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-6791
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-141491
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/10/2019 10:20
Updated: 08/17/2020 17:28
Changes: 09/10/2019 10:20 (67), 08/17/2020 17:28 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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