PT-2024-4185 · Gitlab · Gitlab Ce/Ee+1

Published 2024-05-23 · Updated 2024-12-16 · CVE-2023-6502

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 16.10.6 GitLab CE/EE version 16.11 prior to 16.11.3 GitLab CE/EE version 17.0 prior to 17.0.1

Description A Denial of Service (DoS) condition has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE. It is possible for an attacker to cause a denial of service using a crafted wiki page. The issue is related to uncontrolled resource consumption, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For GitLab CE/EE versions prior to 16.10.6, update to version 16.10.6 or later. For GitLab CE/EE version 16.11 prior to 16.11.3, update to version 16.11.3 or later. For GitLab CE/EE version 17.0 prior to 17.0.1, update to version 17.0.1 or later. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to crafted wiki pages to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

CWE-1333

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-04670

BIT-GITLAB-2023-6502

CVE-2023-6502

Affected Products

Gitlab

Gitlab Ce/Ee

References · 14

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/6xxx/CVE-2023-6502.json · Exploit
• 🔥 https://hackerone.com/reports/2263638 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-6502 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6502 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6502 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-6502 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-6502 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-04670 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-gitlab-2023-6502 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/80847 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/104379 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/Hossted_OSS/status/1801260737723060253 · Twitter Post
• https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/05/22/patch-release-gitlab-17-0-1-released · Note
• https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/433534 · Note