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GitLab 8.10 < 14.5.4 / 14.6 < 14.6.4 / 14.7 < 14.7.1 (CVE-2022-0488)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 187459

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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:

 - An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting with version 8.10. It was possible to trigger a timeout on a page with markdown by using a specific amount of block-quotes.
 (CVE-2022-0488)

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 14.5.4, 14.6.4, 14.7.1 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?0ca16a1f

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/23520

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 187459

File Name: gitlab_cve-2022-0488.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 1/2/2024

Updated: 5/17/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0488

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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: 2/3/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/3/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-0488