#VU30769 Input validation error in Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2019-6785

 

#VU30769 Input validation error in Gitlab Community Edition - CVE-2019-6785

Published: September 9, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU30769
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6785
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Gitlab Community Edition
Software vendor:
GitLab, Inc

Description

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

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.5.8, 11.6.x before 11.6.6, and 11.7.x before 11.7.1. It allows Denial of Service. Inputting an overly long string into a Markdown field could cause a denial of service.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

External links