SB2021061405 - Arch Linux update for gitlab



SB2021061405 - Arch Linux update for gitlab

Published: June 14, 2021 Updated: August 20, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2021061405
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 9
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

High 11% Medium 44% Low 44%
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 9 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22181)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote authenticated attacker can create a recursive pipeline relationship to exhaust resources and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22213)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the OAuth flow. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


3) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22214)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.


4) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22216)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote authenticated attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


5) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22217)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote authenticated attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


6) Improper Certificate Validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22218)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of x509 certificates. A remote authenticated attacker can spoof author of signed commits. 


7) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22219)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to the sensitive information is not correctly registered for log masking. A remote administrator can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.


8) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22220)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in blob viewer of notebooks. A remote attacker can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


9) Insufficient Session Expiration (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22221)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient session expiration issue. A remote non-authenticated attacker can obtain or guess session token and gain unauthorized access to session that belongs to another user.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.