GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 11.11.5/12.0.3/12.1.1 Epic Comment resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 11.11.5/12.0.3/12.1.1. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Epic Comment Handler. Performing a manipulation results in resource consumption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2019-5472. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 11.11.5/12.0.3/12.1.1 (Bug Tracking Software). This affects an unknown function of the component Epic Comment Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

An authorization issue was discovered in Gitlab versions < 12.1.2, < 12.0.4, and < 11.11.6 that prevented owners and maintainer to delete epic comments.

The weakness was disclosed 01/28/2020. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-5472 since 01/04/2019. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 11.11.6, 12.0.4 or 12.1.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries VDB-149456, VDB-149455, VDB-149454 and VDB-149453 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

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Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 11.11.6/12.0.4/12.1.2

Timelineinfo

01/04/2019 🔍
01/28/2020 +389 days 🔍
01/28/2020 +0 days 🔍
03/27/2024 +1520 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: 11381
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2019-5472 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-5472
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-149457
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/28/2020 14:39
Updated: 03/27/2024 07:02
Changes: 01/28/2020 14:39 (38), 01/28/2020 14:44 (18), 03/27/2024 07:02 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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