PT-2017-8482 · Gitlab · Gitlab

Kaimi · Published 2017-01-23 · Updated 2017-01-25 · CVE-2016-4340

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Gitlab versions 8.2.0 through 8.2.4 Gitlab versions 8.3.0 through 8.3.8 Gitlab versions 8.4.0 through 8.4.9 Gitlab versions 8.5.0 through 8.5.11 Gitlab versions 8.6.0 through 8.6.7 Gitlab version 8.7.0

Description The impersonate feature in Gitlab allows remote authenticated users to log in as any other user via unspecified vectors.

Recommendations For Gitlab versions 8.2.0 through 8.2.4, consider disabling the impersonate feature until a patch is available. For Gitlab versions 8.3.0 through 8.3.8, consider disabling the impersonate feature until a patch is available. For Gitlab versions 8.4.0 through 8.4.9, consider disabling the impersonate feature until a patch is available. For Gitlab versions 8.5.0 through 8.5.11, consider disabling the impersonate feature until a patch is available. For Gitlab versions 8.6.0 through 8.6.7, consider disabling the impersonate feature until a patch is available. For Gitlab version 8.7.0, consider disabling the impersonate feature until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-4340

Affected Products

Gitlab

References · 12

• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138368/GitLab-Impersonate-Privilege-Escalation.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/40236 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4340 · Vendor Advisory
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/15548 · Vendor Advisory
• https://about.gitlab.com/2016/05/02/cve-2016-4340-patches · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4340 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4340 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4340 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4340 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4340 · Note
• https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2016/05/02/cve-2016-4340-patches · Note
• https://about.gitlab.com/2016/04/28/gitlab-major-security-update-for-cve-2016-4340 · Note