GitLab 1.0 < 13.1.10 / 13.2 < 13.2.8 / 13.3 < 13.3.4 (CVE-2020-13306)

high Nessus Plugin ID 197439

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:

- A vulnerability was discovered in GitLab versions before 13.1.10, 13.2.8 and 13.3.4. GitLab Webhook feature could be abused to perform denial of service attacks due to the lack of rate limitation.
(CVE-2020-13306)

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 13.1.10, 13.2.8, 13.3.4 or later.

See Also

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/223681

https://hackerone.com/reports/904134

http://www.nessus.org/u?d1ee0e3d

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 197439

File Name: gitlab_cve-2020-13306.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: combined

Agent: unix

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 5/17/2024

Updated: 5/17/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-13306

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/14/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-13306