#VU71077 Resource exhaustion in Gitlab Community Edition and GitLab Enterprise Edition - CVE-2022-3613
Published: January 11, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU71077
Vulnerability risk: 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-2022-3613
CWE-ID: CWE-400
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 a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted Prometheus Server query, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.