GitLab 8.15.7/8.16.3/8.17.3 Credentials information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in GitLab 8.15.7/8.16.3/8.17.3. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes information disclosure (Credentials). The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-0882. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GitLab 8.15.7/8.16.3/8.17.3 (Bug Tracking Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Credentials). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple versions of GitLab expose sensitive user credentials when assigning a user to an issue or merge request. A fix was included in versions 8.15.8, 8.16.7, and 8.17.4, which were released on March 20th 2017 at 23:59 UTC.

The bug was discovered 03/20/2017. The weakness was shared 03/28/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-0882 since 11/30/2016. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is required for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 100284 (FreeBSD : gitlab -- Various security issues (5d62950f-3bb5-11e7-93f7-d43d7e971a1b)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 8.15.8, 8.16.4 or 8.17.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (100284) and SecurityFocus (BID 97157†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Name: Credentials
Class: Information disclosure / Credentials
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 100284
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : gitlab -- Various security issues (5d62950f-3bb5-11e7-93f7-d43d7e971a1b)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: GitLab 8.15.8/8.16.4/8.17.4
Patch: gitlab.com

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11/30/2016 🔍
03/20/2017 +110 days 🔍
03/27/2017 +7 days 🔍
03/27/2017 +0 days 🔍
03/28/2017 +1 days 🔍
03/28/2017 +0 days 🔍
05/18/2017 +51 days 🔍
05/19/2017 +1 days 🔍
11/22/2022 +2013 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 43f5a2739dbf8f5c4c16a79f98e2630888f6b5d1⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-0882 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-0882
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-98989
SecurityFocus: 97157 - GitLab CVE-2017-0882 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-0882 - GitLab - Information Disclosure Issue

Entryinfo

Created: 03/28/2017 22:18
Updated: 11/22/2022 18:13
Changes: 03/28/2017 22:18 (69), 08/23/2020 12:38 (5), 11/22/2022 18:13 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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