Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-17455 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in Gitlab

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
gitlab
CWE-639
nessus

Summary

An issue was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition before 11.1.7, 11.2.x before 11.2.4, and 11.3.x before 11.3.1. Attackers could obtain sensitive information about group names, avatars, LDAP settings, and descriptions via an insecure direct object reference to the "merge request approvals" feature.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Gitlab
1293

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,
# WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE
# OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION,
# 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");