GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 11.11.7/12.0.5/12.0/12.1.5 Command-Line Flag argument injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 11.11.7/12.0.5/12.0/12.1.5. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Command-Line Flag Handler. The manipulation results in argument injection. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-14944. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 11.11.7/12.0.5/12.0/12.1.5 (Bug Tracking Software). Affected is an unknown function of the component Command-Line Flag Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a argument injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-88. The product constructs a string for a command to be executed by a separate component in another control sphere, but it does not properly delimit the intended arguments, options, or switches within that command string. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.11.8, 12 before 12.0.6, and 12.1 before 12.1.6. Gitaly allows injection of command-line flags. This sometimes leads to privilege escalation or remote code execution.

The weakness was presented 04/16/2023 as 1801. The advisory is shared for download at gitlab.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-14944 since 08/11/2019. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.

Upgrading to version 11.11.8, 12.0.6, 12.1 or 12.1.6 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at about.gitlab.com.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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NVD Base Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Argument injection
CWE: CWE-88 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Community Edition/Enterprise Edition 11.11.8/12.0.6/12.1/12.1.6

Timelineinfo

08/11/2019 🔍
04/16/2023 +1344 days 🔍
04/16/2023 +0 days 🔍
05/05/2023 +19 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: 1801
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2019-14944 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-14944
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-226128

Entryinfo

Created: 04/16/2023 07:43
Updated: 05/05/2023 11:06
Changes: 04/16/2023 07:43 (44), 05/05/2023 11:06 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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Discussion

 Anonymous User (+0)
3 years ago
Good morning,
in this case and for the next cves, We would like to point out that the official NVD Nist cpe is "gitlab:gitlab". The sw_edition must not be written in the field belonging to the product.
Best Regards,
TEAM CERT
 VulDB Community Team3 years ago
Thank you. We have just update the CPE strings for GitLab. Please re-fetch them manually via API if necessary.

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