CVE-2019-13011 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker with project access can cause denial of service by exploiting excessive algorithmic complexity in merge request template listing.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-13011?
CVE-2019-13011 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 10 Mar 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition 8.11.0 through 12.0.2. By using brute-force a user with access to a project, but not it's repository could create a list of merge requests template names. It has excessive algorithmic complexity.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-13011?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gitlab Gitlab.
How do I fix CVE-2019-13011?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-13011 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-2019-13011 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-13011 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-56q9-jqvf-whqc.