#VU34099 Memory leak in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2020-13280
Published: August 6, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU34099
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-13280
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition
Gitlab Community Edition
GitLab Enterprise Edition
Software vendor:
GitLab, Inc
GitLab, Inc
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak via excessive logging of invite email error. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.