GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 16.9.5/16.10.3/16.11.0 Wildcard Filter resource consumption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 16.9.5/16.10.3/16.11.0. Affected is an unknown function of the component Wildcard Filter Handler. The manipulation results in resource consumption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-2829. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 16.9.5/16.10.3/16.11.0. Affected is an unknown code block of the component Wildcard Filter 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. CVE summarizes:

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 12.5 before 16.9.6, all versions starting from 16.10 before 16.10.4, all versions starting from 16.11 before 16.11.1. A crafted wildcard filter in FileFinder may lead to a denial of service.

The weakness was presented by joaxcar as 451456. The advisory is shared for download at gitlab.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-2829 since 03/22/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

Upgrading to version 16.9.6, 16.10.4 or 16.11.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Bug Tracking Software

Vendor

• GitLab

Name

• Community Edition
• Enterprise Edition

Version

• 16.0
• 16.1
• 16.2
• 16.3
• 16.4
• 16.5
• 16.6
• 16.7
• 16.8
• 16.9
• 16.9.0
• 16.9.1
• 16.9.2
• 16.9.3
• 16.9.4
• 16.9.5
• 16.10
• 16.10.0
• 16.10.1
• 16.10.2
• 16.10.3
• 16.11.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://gitlab.com/

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