SB2021011251 - Arch Linux update for gitlab
Published: January 12, 2021
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.