Input validation error in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2020-13311

 

Input validation error in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2020-13311

Published: September 4, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU46264
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-13311
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition
Software vendor:
GitLab, Inc

Description

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 GitLab Wiki. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and prohibits anyone from accessing the Wiki functionality through the user interface.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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