A denial of service vulnerability was identified in GitLab CE/EE, affecting all versions from 15.11 prior to 16.6.7, 16.7 prior to 16.7.5 and 16.8 prior to 16.8.2 which allows an attacker to spike the GitLab instance resource usage resulting in service degradation.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
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include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(190345);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/02/23");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-6386");
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2024-A-0078-S");
script_name(english:"GitLab 15.11 < 16.6.7 / 16.7 < 16.7.5 / 16.8 < 16.8.2 (CVE-2023-6386)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"A denial of service vulnerability was identified in GitLab CE/EE, affecting all versions from 15.11 prior to 16.6.7,
16.7 prior to 16.7.5 and 16.8 prior to 16.8.2 which allows an attacker to spike the GitLab instance resource usage
resulting in service degradation.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
# https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/02/07/security-release-gitlab-16-8-2-released/
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?00e4ca25");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to GitLab version 16.6.7, 16.7.5, 16.8.2 or later.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"unix");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-6386");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2024/02/07");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/02/07");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/02/09");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"combined");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:gitlab:gitlab");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"thorough_tests", value:"true");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"CGI abuses");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("gitlab_webui_detect.nbin", "gitlab_nix_installed.nbin");
script_require_keys("installed_sw/GitLab");
exit(0);
}
include('vcf.inc');
var app = 'GitLab';
var app_info = vcf::combined_get_app_info(app:app);
if (report_paranoia < 2 && max_index(app_info.parsed_version[0]) < 3 && app_info.version =~ "^16\.(6|7|8)$")
if (!empty_or_null(app_info.port))
audit(AUDIT_POTENTIAL_VULN, app, app_info.version, app_info.port);
else
audit(AUDIT_POTENTIAL_VULN, app, app_info.version);
var constraints = [
{ 'min_version' : '15.11', 'fixed_version' : '16.6.7' },
{ 'min_version' : '16.7', 'fixed_version' : '16.7.5' },
{ 'min_version' : '16.8', 'fixed_version' : '16.8.2' }
];
vcf::check_version_and_report(
app_info:app_info,
constraints:constraints,
severity:SECURITY_WARNING
);