GitLab 8.4 < 14.4.5 / 14.5 < 14.5.3 / 14.6 < 14.6.2 (CVE-2021-39927)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 159959

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Synopsis

The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of GitLab installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability, as follows:

- Server side request forgery protections in GitLab CE/EE versions between 8.4 and 14.4.4, between 14.5.0 and 14.5.2, and between 14.6.0 and 14.6.1 would fail to protect against attacks sending requests to localhost on port 80 or 443 if GitLab was configured to run on a port other than 80 or 443 (CVE-2021-39927)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to GitLab version 14.4.5, 14.5.3, 14.6.2 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 159959

File Name: gitlab_cve-2021-39927.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 4/20/2022

Updated: 10/23/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-39927

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:gitlab:gitlab

Required KB Items: installed_sw/GitLab

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/18/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/18/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-39927

IAVA: 2022-A-0021-S

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