Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-17452 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Gitlab

047910
CVSS 9.8 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
gitlab
CWE-918
critical
nessus

Summary

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.1.7, 11.2.x before 11.2.4, and 11.3.x before 11.3.1. There is Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) via a loopback address to the validate_localhost function in url_blocker.rb.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Gitlab
1293

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_065B3B72C5AB11E89AE2001B217B3468.NASL
descriptionGitlab reports : SSRF GCP access token disclosure Persistent XSS on issue details Diff formatter DoS in Sidekiq jobs Confidential information disclosure in events API endpoint validate_localhost function in url_blocker.rb could be bypassed Slack integration CSRF Oauth2 GRPC::Unknown logging token disclosure IDOR merge request approvals Persistent XSS package.json Persistent XSS merge request project import
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id117863
published2018-10-02
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/117863
titleFreeBSD : Gitlab -- multiple vulnerabilities (065b3b72-c5ab-11e8-9ae2-001b217b3468)
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database :
#
# Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors
#
# Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML,
# HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification,
# are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
# 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above
#    copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
#    disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified.
# 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs,
#    published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript,
#    RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright
#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
#    in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
#    distribution.
# 
# THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
# AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
# THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
# PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS
# BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
# OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT
# OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
# BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
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# EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(117863);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/10 11:49:46");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-15472", "CVE-2018-17449", "CVE-2018-17450", "CVE-2018-17451", "CVE-2018-17452", "CVE-2018-17453", "CVE-2018-17454", "CVE-2018-17455", "CVE-2018-17536", "CVE-2018-17537");

  script_name(english:"FreeBSD : Gitlab -- multiple vulnerabilities (065b3b72-c5ab-11e8-9ae2-001b217b3468)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated packages in pkg_info output");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related
updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Gitlab reports :

SSRF GCP access token disclosure

Persistent XSS on issue details

Diff formatter DoS in Sidekiq jobs

Confidential information disclosure in events API endpoint

validate_localhost function in url_blocker.rb could be bypassed

Slack integration CSRF Oauth2

GRPC::Unknown logging token disclosure

IDOR merge request approvals

Persistent XSS package.json

Persistent XSS merge request project import"
  );
  # https://about.gitlab.com/2018/10/01/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-3-dot-1-released/
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?f5636338"
  );
  # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/065b3b72-c5ab-11e8-9ae2-001b217b3468.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?6d19410b"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"risk_factor", value:"High");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:gitlab-ce");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/10/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/10/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/10/02");
  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:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");

  exit(0);
}


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


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"gitlab-ce>=11.3.0<11.3.1")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"gitlab-ce>=11.2.0<11.2.4")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"gitlab-ce>=7.6.0<11.1.7")) flag++;

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