GitLab 11.10 < 15.8.5 / 15.9 < 15.9.4 / 15.10 < 15.10.1 (CVE-2023-1733)

high Nessus Plugin ID 173814

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 denial of service condition exists in the Prometheus server bundled with GitLab affecting all versions from 11.10 to 15.8.5, 15.9 to 15.9.4 and 15.10 to 15.10.1. (CVE-2023-1733)

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 15.8.5, 15.9.4, 15.10.1 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?acaf7bcc

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/392665

https://hackerone.com/reports/1723124

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 173814

File Name: gitlab_CVE-2023-1733.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 4/4/2023

Updated: 5/17/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: 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-2023-1733

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: 3/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/30/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-1733

IAVA: 2023-A-0168-S