SB2020012826 - Multiple vulnerabilities in GitLab, Gitlab Community Edition

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4582)

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

The (1) create_branch, (2) create_tag, (3) import_project, and (4) fork_project functions in lib/gitlab_projects.rb in GitLab 5.0 before 5.4.2, Community Edition before 6.2.4, Enterprise Edition before 6.2.1 and gitlab-shell before 1.7.8 allows remote authenticated users to include information from local files into the metadata of a Git repository via the web interface.

2) Improper Privilege Management (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4583)

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

The parse_cmd function in lib/gitlab_shell.rb in GitLab 5.0 before 5.4.2, Community Edition before 6.2.4, and Enterprise Edition before 6.2.1 and gitlab-shell before 1.7.8 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges and clone arbitrary repositories.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/15/4
• https://www.gitlab.com/2013/11/14/multiple-critical-vulnerabilities-in-gitlab/
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/18/4