GitLab 12.6 < 13.3.9 (CVE-2020-13354)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 197385

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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:

- A potential DOS vulnerability was discovered in GitLab CE/EE starting with version 12.6. The container registry name check could cause exponential number of backtracks for certain user supplied values resulting in high CPU usage. Affected versions are: >=12.6, <13.3.9. (CVE-2020-13354)

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 13.3.9 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 197385

File Name: gitlab_cve-2020-13354.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 5/17/2024

Updated: 5/17/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, 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-2020-13354

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

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/17/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-13354

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