PT-2018-4301 · Gitlab · Gitlab

Published 2018-01-05 · Updated 2018-01-18 · CVE-2014-8540

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GitLab versions 6.x through 7.x before 7.4.3

Description The issue concerns improper permission checks in the groups API, allowing remote authenticated guest users to modify ownership of arbitrary groups.

Recommendations For GitLab versions 6.x through 7.x before 7.4.3, update to version 7.4.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-8540

Affected Products

Gitlab

References · 8

• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commit/a2dfff418bf2532ebb5aee88414107929b17eefd · Patch
• https://about.gitlab.com/2014/10/30/gitlab-7-4-3-released · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8540 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8540 · Note
• https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2014/10/30/gitlab-7-4-3-released · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/70841 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/31/2 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98449 · Note