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GitLab 13.1.x < 14.7.7, 14.8.x < 14.8.5, 14.9.x < 14.9.2 DoS Vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Denial of Service

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

4.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

2 years ago

Modified

Modified

2 years ago

Summary

GitLab is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

The api to update an asset as a link from a release had a regex check which caused exponential number of backtracks for certain user supplied values resulting in high CPU usage.

Affected Software

Affected Software

GitLab version 13.1.x prior to 14.7.7, 14.8.x prior to 14.8.5 and 14.9.x prior to 14.9.2.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Update to version 14.7.7, 14.8.5, 14.9.2 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)