GitLab < 15.5.7 / 15.6 < 15.6.4 / 15.7 < 15.7.2 DoS (CVE-2022-3613)

high Nessus Plugin ID 171159

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Synopsis

The GitLab instance installed on the remote host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is prior to 15.5.7, 15.6.4, 15.7.2. It is, therefore, affected by a denial of service vulnerability as referenced in the SECURITY-RELEASE-GITLAB-15-7-2-RELEASED advisory.

- An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 15.5.7, all versions starting from 15.6 before 15.6.4, all versions starting from 15.7 before 15.7.2. A crafted Prometheus Server query can cause high resource consumption and may lead to Denial of Service. (CVE-2022-3613)

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 15.5.7, 15.6.4, 15.7.2 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 171159

File Name: gitlab_security-release-gitlab-15-7-2-released_cve-2022-3613.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 2/8/2023

Updated: 2/16/2023

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3613

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: 1/9/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/9/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3613

IAVA: 2023-A-0032-S

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