SB2021030910 - Multiple vulnerabilities in GitLab

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SB2021030910 - Multiple vulnerabilities in GitLab

Published: March 9, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021030910
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 4
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 vulnerabilities.


1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: N/A)

CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in GitLab Workhors. A remote user can send a specially crafted HTTP request and obtain JWT tokens of other users.


2) Cleartext storage of sensitive information (CVE-ID: N/A)

CWE-ID: CWE-312 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to marshalled session keys are stored in Redis. A local user can read the Redis database and obtain session keys.


3) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22185)

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote user to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in wiki pages. A remote user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


4) Authorization bypass through user-controlled key (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-22186)

CWE-ID: -

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to otherwise restricted functionality.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect permission checks in the API. A remote authenticated user with privileges of a group maintainer can modify group CI/CD variables, which should be restricted to group owners.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References