GitLab Community Edition/Enterprise Edition up to 16.10.5/16.11.2/17.0.0 Description resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 16.10.5/16.11.2/17.0.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Description Handler. Such manipulation leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-2874. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition up to 16.10.5/16.11.2/17.0.0. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Description Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 16.10.6, version 16.11 before 16.11.3, and 17.0 before 17.0.1. A runner registered with a crafted description has the potential to disrupt the loading of targeted GitLab web resources.

The weakness was shared by ac7n0w as 451911. The advisory is shared for download at gitlab.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-2874 since 03/25/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

Upgrading to version 16.10.6, 16.11.3 or 17.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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CNA Base Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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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 16.10.6/16.11.3/17.0.1

Timelineinfo

03/25/2024 🔍
05/23/2024 +58 days 🔍
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12/16/2024 +207 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gitlab.com

Advisory: 451911
Researcher: ac7n0w
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-2874 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-2874
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-266024

Entryinfo

Created: 05/23/2024 11:02
Updated: 12/16/2024 18:16
Changes: 05/23/2024 11:02 (67), 10/03/2024 18:15 (2), 12/16/2024 18:16 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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