Input validation error in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2024-2818

 

Input validation error in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2024-2818

Published: March 28, 2024 / Updated: April 1, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU87877
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-2024-2818
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 insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote user can use a specially crafted description parameter for labels and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition

How to mitigate CVE-2024-2818

Install updates from vendor's website.

Gitlab Community Edition - addressed in versions 16.8.5, 16.9.3, 16.10.1
GitLab Enterprise Edition - addressed in versions 16.8.5, 16.9.3, 16.10.1

External References

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