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GitLab 11.3 < 17.0.6 / 17.1 < 17.1.4 / 17.2 < 17.2.2 (CVE-2024-2800)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 205197

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:

 - ReDoS flaw in RefMatcher when matching branch names using wildcards in GitLab EE/CE affecting all versions from 11.3 prior to 17.0.6, 17.1 prior to 17.1.4, and 17.2 prior to 17.2.2 allows denial of service via Regex backtracking. (CVE-2024-2800)

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 17.0.6, 17.1.4, 17.2.2 or later.

See Also

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/451293

https://hackerone.com/reports/2416332

http://www.nessus.org/u?93292c0c

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 205197

File Name: gitlab_cve-2024-2800.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 8/8/2024

Updated: 8/8/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-2800

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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: 8/8/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/7/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-2800