CVE-2021-39917

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 12.9 before 14.3.6, all versions starting from 14.4 before 14.4.4, all versions starting from 14.5 before 14.5.2. A regular expression related to quick actions features was susceptible to catastrophic backtracking that could cause a DOS attack.

CVSS v3 4.3 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.0 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

4.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39917.json	Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/338486	Broken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/1277918	Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39917.json	Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/338486	Broken Link
https://hackerone.com/reports/1277918	Permissions Required Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::community:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:::::enterprise:::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2021-12-13 16:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 06:20

NVD link : CVE-2021-39917

Mitre link : CVE-2021-39917

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-39917

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gitlab

gitlab

CWE

CWE-697

Incorrect Comparison

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