UBUNTU-CVE-2021-39933

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-39933
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-39933.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-39933
Related
Published
2021-12-13T16:15:00Z
Modified
2021-12-13T16:15:00Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 12.10 before 14.3.6, all versions starting from 14.4 before 14.4.4, all versions starting from 14.5 before 14.5.2. A regular expression used for handling user input (notes, comments, etc) was susceptible to catastrophic backtracking that could cause a DOS attack.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / gitlab

Package

Name
gitlab
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gitlab?arch=src?distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

8.*

8.4.3+dfsg-9
8.4.3+dfsg-12
8.5.8+dfsg-5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "low"
}