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

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 9.x/10.x/11.8.7/11.6.5/11.7.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Access Control. The manipulation leads to permissions. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-6995. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 9.x/10.x/11.8.7/11.6.5/11.7.0 (Bug Tracking Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing 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 8.x, 9.x, 10.x, and 11.x before 11.5.8, 11.6.x before 11.6.6, and 11.7.x before 11.7.1. It has Incorrect Access Control. Users are able to comment on locked project issues.

The weakness was disclosed 09/09/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared at about.gitlab.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-6995 since 01/28/2019. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1222 for this issue.

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 11.8.8, 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). The entries VDB-133364, VDB-133425, VDB-135247 and VDB-135248 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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NVD Base Score: 6.5
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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 11.8.8/11.6.6/11.7.1

Timelineinfo

01/28/2019 🔍
01/31/2019 +3 days 🔍
02/01/2019 +1 days 🔍
09/09/2019 +220 days 🔍
09/10/2019 +1 days 🔍
12/18/2023 +1560 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: 55537
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2019-6995 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-6995
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-141497
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/10/2019 10:23
Updated: 12/18/2023 15:04
Changes: 09/10/2019 10:23 (67), 08/17/2020 18:06 (1), 12/18/2023 15:04 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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