GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 12.2.1 CI Pipeline resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 12.2.1. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component CI Pipeline Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to resource consumption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2019-15736. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 12.2.1 (Bug Tracking Software). This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component CI Pipeline Handler. 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 through 12.2.1. Under certain circumstances, CI pipelines could potentially be used in a denial of service attack.

The weakness was presented 09/16/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at about.gitlab.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-15736 since 08/28/2019. 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.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

See VDB-141838, VDB-141839, VDB-141840 and VDB-141841 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
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Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

08/28/2019 🔍
09/16/2019 +19 days 🔍
09/17/2019 +1 days 🔍
12/25/2023 +1560 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: 51401
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2019-15736 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-15736
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-141868
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/17/2019 09:24
Updated: 12/25/2023 14:34
Changes: 09/17/2019 09:24 (56), 08/27/2020 11:36 (1), 12/25/2023 14:34 (3)
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