SB2021011251 - Arch Linux update for gitlab



SB2021011251 - Arch Linux update for gitlab

Published: January 12, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021011251
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-26414)

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in regex when processing package names during package uploads. A remote user can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a regular expression denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22166)

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 when processing HTTP requests with custom method in Prometheus. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted HTTP request to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.