PT-2021-4084 · Gitlab · Gitlab Ce/Ee+1

Published 2021-01-05 · Updated 2024-03-06 · CVE-2021-22216

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GitLab CE/EE versions prior to 13.10.5 GitLab CE/EE versions prior to 13.11.5 GitLab CE/EE versions prior to 13.12.2

Description The issue is related to uncontrolled resource consumption, which can be exploited by an attacker to cause a denial of service. This can be achieved by using a very long issue or merge request description.

Recommendations For versions prior to 13.10.5, update to version 13.10.5 or later to resolve the issue. For versions prior to 13.11.5, update to version 13.11.5 or later to resolve the issue. For versions prior to 13.12.2, update to version 13.12.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the length of issue or merge request descriptions to prevent uncontrolled resource consumption.

Fix

DoS

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-04662

BIT-GITLAB-2021-22216

CVE-2021-22216

Affected Products

Gitlab

Gitlab Ce/Ee

References · 11

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-22216 · Vendor Advisory
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22216.json · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-22216 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-22216 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-gitlab-2021-22216 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22216 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-22216 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-04662 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-22216 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/16334 · Telegram Post
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/329890 · Note