GitLab 13.7 < 14.7.7 / 14.8 < 14.8.5 / 14.9 < 14.9.2 (CVE-2022-1174)

high Nessus Plugin ID 159821

Synopsis

The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability, as follows:

- A potential DoS vulnerability was discovered in Gitlab CE/EE versions 13.7 before 14.7.7, all versions starting from 14.8 before 14.8.5, all versions starting from 14.9 before 14.9.2 allowed an attacker to trigger high CPU usage via a special crafted input added in Issues, Merge requests, Milestones, Snippets, Wiki pages, etc. (CVE-2022-1174)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to GitLab version 14.7.7, 14.8.5, 14.9.2 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a9f55012

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/338721

https://hackerone.com/reports/1305431

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 159821

File Name: gitlab_cve-2022-1174.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 4/18/2022

Updated: 10/23/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1174

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:gitlab:gitlab

Required KB Items: installed_sw/GitLab

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/31/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/31/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1174

IAVA: 2022-A-0131-S