Information disclosure in Gitea - CVE-2018-1000803

 

Information disclosure in Gitea - CVE-2018-1000803

Published: October 8, 2018 / Updated: July 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU31190
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1000803
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: The Gitea Authors
Affected software:
Gitea

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

Gitea version prior to version 1.5.1 contains a CWE-200 vulnerability that can result in Exposure of users private email addresses. This attack appear to be exploitable via Watch a repository to receive email notifications. Emails received contain the other recipients even if they have the email set as private. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.5.1.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-1000803

Install update from vendor's website.

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