CVE-2021-39942 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Gitlab

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption5 documents5 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 57.41%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
GitlabDebian GitlabGitlab CE
Timeline
PublishedJan 18
Latest updateJan 19

Description

A denial of service vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 12.0 before 14.3.6, all versions starting from 14.4 before 14.4.4, all versions starting from 14.5 before 14.5.2, allows low-privileged users to bypass file size limits in the NPM package repository to potentially cause denial of service.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages5 packages

▶NVDgitlab/gitlab12.0 — 14.3.6+2
▶debiandebian/gitlab< gitlab 15.10.8+ds1-2 (sid)
▶CVEListV5gitlab/gitlab>=12.0, <14.3.6, >=14.4, <14.4.4, >=14.5, <14.5.2+2
▶gitlabgitlab/gitlab

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-65jc-pvp3-rxq3: A denial of service vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 12↗2022-01-19
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OSV
CVE-2021-39942: A denial of service vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 12↗2022-01-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

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GitLab
CVE-2021-39942: A denial of service vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 12.0 before 14.3.6, all versions starting from 14.4 before 14.4↗2022-01-18
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Debian
CVE-2021-39942: gitlab - A denial of service vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions startin...↗2021
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