SB2017032817 - Information disclosure in GitLab, Gitlab Community Edition
Published: March 28, 2017 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017032817
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-0882)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to read and manipulate data.
Multiple versions of GitLab expose sensitive user credentials when assigning a user to an issue or merge request. A fix was included in versions 8.15.8, 8.16.7, and 8.17.4, which were released on March 20th 2017 at 23:59 UTC.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97157
- https://about.gitlab.com/2017/03/20/gitlab-8-dot-17-dot-4-security-release/
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commit/43f5a2739dbf8f5c4c16a79f98e2630888f6b5d1
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commit/a70346fc6530aa28a98e4aa4cf0f40e2c3bcef6b
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commit/cdf396f456472ef8decd9598daa8dc0097cd30c5
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/29661