Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-20507 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function vulnerability in Gitlab

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
gitlab
CWE-306
nessus

Summary

An issue was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition 11.2.x through 11.4.x before 11.4.13, 11.5.x before 11.5.6, and 11.6.x before 11.6.1. It has Incorrect Access Control.

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Choosing a Message/Channel Identifier on a Public/Multicast Channel
    Attackers aware that more data is being fed into a multicast or public information distribution means can 'select' information bound only for another client, even if the distribution means itself forces users to authenticate in order to connect initially. Doing so allows the attacker to gain access to possibly privileged information, possibly perpetrate other attacks through the distribution means by impersonation. If the channel/message being manipulated is an input rather than output mechanism for the system, (such as a command bus), this style of attack could change its identifier from a less privileged to more so privileged channel or command.
  • Using Unpublished Web Service APIs
    An attacker searches for and invokes Web Services APIs that the target system designers did not intend to be publicly available. If these APIs fail to authenticate requests the attacker may be able to invoke services and/or gain privileges they are not authorized for.
  • Manipulating Writeable Terminal Devices
    This attack exploits terminal devices that allow themselves to be written to by other users. The attacker sends command strings to the target terminal device hoping that the target user will hit enter and thereby execute the malicious command with their privileges. The attacker can send the results (such as copying /etc/passwd) to a known directory and collect once the attack has succeeded.
  • Cross Site Request Forgery (aka Session Riding)
    An attacker crafts malicious web links and distributes them (via web pages, email, etc.), typically in a targeted manner, hoping to induce users to click on the link and execute the malicious action against some third-party application. If successful, the action embedded in the malicious link will be processed and accepted by the targeted application with the users' privilege level. This type of attack leverages the persistence and implicit trust placed in user session cookies by many web applications today. In such an architecture, once the user authenticates to an application and a session cookie is created on the user's system, all following transactions for that session are authenticated using that cookie including potential actions initiated by an attacker and simply "riding" the existing session cookie.

Nessus

NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_B2F4AB910E6B11E98700001B217B3468.NASL
descriptionGitlab reports : Source code disclosure merge request diff Todos improper access control URL rel attribute not set Persistent XSS Autocompletion SSRF repository mirroring CI job token LFS error message disclosure Secret CI variable exposure Guest user CI job disclosure Persistent XSS label reference Persistent XSS wiki in IE browser SSRF in project imports with LFS Improper access control CI/CD settings Missing authorization control merge requests Improper access control branches and tags Missing authentication for Prometheus alert endpoint
last seen2020-03-18
modified2019-01-07
plugin id120973
published2019-01-07
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/120973
titleFreeBSD : Gitlab -- Multiple vulnerabilities (b2f4ab91-0e6b-11e9-8700-001b217b3468)
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database :
#
# Copyright 2003-2020 Jacques Vidrine and contributors
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# THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
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# THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
# PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS
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# OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT
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# EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(120973);
  script_version("1.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/02/26");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-20488", "CVE-2018-20489", "CVE-2018-20490", "CVE-2018-20491", "CVE-2018-20492", "CVE-2018-20493", "CVE-2018-20494", "CVE-2018-20495", "CVE-2018-20496", "CVE-2018-20497", "CVE-2018-20498", "CVE-2018-20499", "CVE-2018-20500", "CVE-2018-20501", "CVE-2018-20507");

  script_name(english:"FreeBSD : Gitlab -- Multiple vulnerabilities (b2f4ab91-0e6b-11e9-8700-001b217b3468)");
  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 :

Source code disclosure merge request diff

Todos improper access control

URL rel attribute not set

Persistent XSS Autocompletion

SSRF repository mirroring

CI job token LFS error message disclosure

Secret CI variable exposure

Guest user CI job disclosure

Persistent XSS label reference

Persistent XSS wiki in IE browser

SSRF in project imports with LFS

Improper access control CI/CD settings

Missing authorization control merge requests

Improper access control branches and tags

Missing authentication for Prometheus alert endpoint"
  );
  # https://about.gitlab.com/2018/12/31/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-6-dot-1-released/
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?53f6e94b"
  );
  # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/b2f4ab91-0e6b-11e9-8700-001b217b3468.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?4651a575"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-20501");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  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:"2018/12/31");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/01/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/01/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 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>=11.6.0<11.6.1")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"gitlab-ce>=11.5.0<11.5.6")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"gitlab-ce>=8.0.0<11.4.13")) flag++;

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