CVE-2019-13010 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause resource depletion in GitLab Enterprise Edition via specific color code formats, leading to denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-13010?
CVE-2019-13010 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 10 Mar 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition 8.3 through 12.0.2. The color codes decoder was vulnerable to a resource depletion attack if specific formats were used. It allows Uncontrolled Resource Consumption.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-13010?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gitlab Gitlab.
How do I fix CVE-2019-13010?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-13010 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2019-13010 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-13010 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2026-97229 GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Integer Overflow or Wraparound
- CVE-2026-85706 GitLab Community Edition and Enterprise Edition Path Traversal
- CVE-2023-7028 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Improper Access Control
- CVE-2021-22205 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-39935 GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-36f4-j6rh-2hw2, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13010.