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Debian Security Advisory DSA 4206-1 (gitlab - security update)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

5 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Gitlab, a software platform to collaborate on code: CVE-2017-0920 It was discovered that missing validation of merge requests allowed users to see names to private projects, resulting in information disclosure. CVE-2018-8971 It was discovered that the Auth0 integration was implemented incorrectly.

Affected Software

Affected Software

gitlab on Debian Linux

Detection Method

Detection Method

This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.

Solution

Solution

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 8.13.11+dfsg1-8+deb9u2. The fix for CVE-2018-8971 also requires ruby-omniauth-auth0 to be upgraded to version 2.0.0-0+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your gitlab packages. For the detailed security status of gitlab please refer to its security tracker page linked in the references.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)