CVE-2018-3710 Path traversal in GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions

What is CVE-2018-3710?

CVE-2018-3710 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 21 Mar 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Gitlab Community and Enterprise Editions version 10.3.3 is vulnerable to an Insecure Temporary File in the project import component resulting remote code execution.

Weakness: CWE-22, CWE-377

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-3710?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Gitlab Gitlab.

How do I fix CVE-2018-3710?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2018-3710 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-3710 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-w2fx-qxhw-34qh.