SB2023100227 - Multiple vulnerabilities in GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE)



SB2023100227 - Multiple vulnerabilities in GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE)

Published: October 2, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023100227
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 15
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

High 7% Medium 27% Low 67%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 15 vulnerabilities.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3917)

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

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


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 in pipelines. A remote user can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3922)

CWE-ID: CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

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


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

The vulnerability exists due to an error within math rendering in markdown. A remote user can hijack some links and buttons on the GitLab UI to a malicious page.


3) Improper Authorization (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2233)

CWE-ID: CWE-285 - Improper Authorization

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


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authorization checks.

The vulnerability exists due to improper authorization. A remote user can leak the owner's Sentry instance projects.


4) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3979)

CWE-ID: CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

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


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

The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions. A remote user after being removed can continue editing the source code of a public project.


5) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3906)

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

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


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the asset proxy. A remote user can craft image urls which bypass the asset proxy.


6) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-0989)

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor

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


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by the application. A remote user can trick a victim to visit a fork with a malicious CI/CD configuration and extract non-protected CI/CD variables.


7) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3920)

CWE-ID: CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

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


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

The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions. A remote user can create a fork relationship between existing projects contrary to the documentation.


8) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4532)

CWE-ID: CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/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 remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.

The vulnerability exists due to unauthorised association of CI jobs for Machine Learning experiments. A remote user can link CI/CD jobs of private projects which they are not a member of.


9) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5198)

CWE-ID: CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

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


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

The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions. A remote user after being removed can write to protected branches using deploy keys .


10) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3115)

CWE-ID: CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

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 attacker to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.

The vulnerability exists due to single Sign On restrictions are not correctly enforced. A remote user can access public members-only project repositories.


11) Business Logic Errors (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3914)

CWE-ID: CWE-840 - Business Logic Errors (3.0)

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 attacker to gain access to internal projects.

The vulnerability exists due to a business logic error. A remote user can gain access to internal projects because service account is not deleted when a namespace is deleted.


12) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3413)

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor

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


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by the application. A remote user can fork a public project and gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.


13) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-4379)

CWE-ID: CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

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


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

The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions. A remote administrator can bypass code owners approval by changing a MR's base branch.


14) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5106)

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions. A remote user can impersonate users in CI pipelines through direct transfer group imports.


15) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5207)

CWE-ID: CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

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


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

The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions. A remote user can perform arbitrary pipeline execution under the context of another user.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.