SB2018010513 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in GitLab, Gitlab Community Edition
Published: January 5, 2018 Updated: July 17, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018010513
CSH 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 vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-8540)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to manipulate data.
The groups API in GitLab 6.x and 7.x before 7.4.3 allows remote authenticated guest users to modify ownership of arbitrary groups by leveraging improper permission checks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/31/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70841
- https://about.gitlab.com/2014/10/30/gitlab-7-4-3-released/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98449
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commit/a2dfff418bf2532ebb5aee88414107929b17eefd