Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-18649 - Unspecified vulnerability in Gitlab

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

Summary

An issue was discovered in the wiki API in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.2.7, 11.3.x before 11.3.8, and 11.4.x before 11.4.3. It allows for remote code execution.

Nessus

NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_B9591212DBA711E89416001B217B3468.NASL
descriptionGitlab reports : RCE in Gitlab Wiki API SSRF in Hipchat integration Cleartext storage of personal access tokens Information exposure through stack trace error message Persistent XSS autocomplete Information exposure in stored browser history Information exposure when replying to issues through email Persistent XSS in License Management and Security Reports Metrics information disclosure in Prometheus integration Unauthorized changes to a protected branch
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id118497
published2018-10-30
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/118497
titleFreeBSD : Gitlab -- multiple vulnerabilities (b9591212-dba7-11e8-9416-001b217b3468)
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(118497);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/12/28 10:10:35");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-18640", "CVE-2018-18641", "CVE-2018-18642", "CVE-2018-18643", "CVE-2018-18644", "CVE-2018-18645", "CVE-2018-18646", "CVE-2018-18647", "CVE-2018-18648", "CVE-2018-18649");

  script_name(english:"FreeBSD : Gitlab -- multiple vulnerabilities (b9591212-dba7-11e8-9416-001b217b3468)");
  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 :

RCE in Gitlab Wiki API

SSRF in Hipchat integration

Cleartext storage of personal access tokens

Information exposure through stack trace error message

Persistent XSS autocomplete

Information exposure in stored browser history

Information exposure when replying to issues through email

Persistent XSS in License Management and Security Reports

Metrics information disclosure in Prometheus integration

Unauthorized changes to a protected branch's access levels"
  );
  # https://about.gitlab.com/2018/10/29/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-4-dot-3-released/
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?9cc77cab"
  );
  # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/b9591212-dba7-11e8-9416-001b217b3468.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?206b1a7d"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  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:freebsd:freebsd:gitlab-ce");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/10/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/10/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/10/30");
  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>=11.4.0<11.4.3")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"gitlab-ce>=11.3.0<11.3.8")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"gitlab-ce>=5.3.0<11.2.7")) 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");