SB2024022212 - Multiple vulnerabilities in GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) 



SB2024022212 - Multiple vulnerabilities in GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE)

Published: February 22, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2024022212
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 8
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 25% Low 75%
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 8 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-1451)

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 user profile page. A remote user 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.


2) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-6477)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions. A remote administrator can invite other groups to gain owner access.


3) Incorrect Regular Expression (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-6736)

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing regular expressions in the Codeowners reference extractor. A remote user can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.


4) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-1525)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions. A remote user can reset their password using their verified secondary email address and sign-in using direct authentication with the reset password.


5) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4895)

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

The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by the application. A remote user can bypass the "group ip restriction" settings to access environment details of projects.


6) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-0861)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions. A remote user can change "Custom dashboard projects" settings contrary to permissions


7) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3509)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions. A remote user can change the title of privately accessible deploy keys associated with projects in the group.


8) Improper Authorization (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-0410)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authorization checks.

The vulnerability exists due to improper authorization. A remote user can bypass CODEOWNERS approvals by creating a merge conflict.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.