Input validation error in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2023-1072

 

Input validation error in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2023-1072

Published: March 3, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU72748
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1072
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper filtering for number of requests to read commits details. A remote user can trigger a resource depletion attack and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.


Affected software

Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition

How to mitigate CVE-2023-1072

Install updates from vendor's website.

Gitlab Community Edition - addressed in versions 15.7.8, 15.8.4, 15.9.2
GitLab Enterprise Edition - addressed in versions 15.7.8, 15.8.4, 15.9.2

External References

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