CVE-2019-6785 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service by inputting overly long strings into Markdown fields in GitLab.
- 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-2019-6785?
CVE-2019-6785 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Gitlab Gitlab, published on 9 Sep 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.5.8, 11.6.x before 11.6.6, and 11.7.x before 11.7.1. It allows Denial of Service. Inputting an overly long string into a Markdown field could cause a denial of service.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-6785?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gitlab Gitlab.
How do I fix CVE-2019-6785?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-6785 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-2019-6785 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-6785 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-hm29-m2fx-r7p5, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-6785.