CVE-2023-6159— Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in GitLab
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2023-6159
Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in GitLab
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 12.7 prior to 16.6.6, 16.7 prior to 16.7.4, and 16.8 prior to 16.8.1 It was possible for an attacker to trigger a Regular Expression Denial of Service via a `Cargo.toml` containing maliciously crafted input.
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
CWE-1333
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Title
GitLab 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
GitLab是美国GitLab公司的一个开源的端到端软件开发平台，具有内置的版本控制、问题跟踪、代码审查、CI/CD（持续集成和持续交付）等功能。 GitLab CE/EE 12.7版本至16.6.6之前版本、16.7版本至16.7.4之前版本、16.8版本至16.8.1之前版本存在安全漏洞。攻击者利用该漏洞触发正则表达式拒绝服务攻击。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Affected Products
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- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/431924issue-tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6159
Same Patch Batch · GitLab · 2024-01-26 · 5 CVEs total
| CVE-2024-0402 | 9.9 CRITICAL | Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') in GitLab |
| CVE-2023-5933 | 6.4 MEDIUM | Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) in GitLab |
| CVE-2023-5612 | 5.3 MEDIUM | Missing Authorization in GitLab |
| CVE-2024-0456 | 4.3 MEDIUM | Direct Request ('Forced Browsing') in GitLab |
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