Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-0920 - Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Gitlab

047910
CVSS 4.3 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
LOW
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
gitlab
CWE-863
nessus

Summary

GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions before 10.1.6, 10.2.6, and 10.3.4 are vulnerable to an authorization bypass issue in the Projects::MergeRequests::CreationsController component resulting in an attacker to see every project name and their respective namespace on a GitLab instance.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Gitlab
265

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-4206.NASL
descriptionSeveral vulnerabilities have been discovered in Gitlab, a software platform to collaborate on code : - CVE-2017-0920 It was discovered that missing validation of merge requests allowed users to see names to private projects, resulting in information disclosure. - CVE-2018-8971 It was discovered that the Auth0 integration was implemented incorrectly.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id109967
published2018-05-23
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/109967
titleDebian DSA-4206-1 : gitlab - security update
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4206. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(109967);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/13 12:30:47");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-0920", "CVE-2018-8971");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4206");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4206-1 : gitlab - security update");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Gitlab, a software
platform to collaborate on code :

  - CVE-2017-0920
    It was discovered that missing validation of merge
    requests allowed users to see names to private projects,
    resulting in information disclosure.

  - CVE-2018-8971
    It was discovered that the Auth0 integration was
    implemented incorrectly."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0920"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-8971"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-8971"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/gitlab"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/gitlab"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4206"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the gitlab packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed
in version 8.13.11+dfsg1-8+deb9u2. The fix for CVE-2018-8971 also
requires ruby-omniauth-auth0 to be upgraded to version 2.0.0-0+deb9u1."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gitlab");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/05/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/05/23");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"gitlab", reference:"8.13.11+dfsg1-8+deb9u2")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");