CVE-2024-3958
Publication date 8 August 2024
Last updated 2 September 2024
Ubuntu priority
An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions before 17.0.6, 17.1 prior to 17.1.4, and 17.2 prior to 17.2.2. An issue was found that allows someone to abuse a discrepancy between the Web application display and the git command line interface to social engineer victims into cloning non-trusted code.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| gitlab | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored |
Notes
mdeslaur
GitLab isn't maintainable as a distro package, and was removed from Ubuntu because of this. We will not be fixing security issues in the gitlab package in Xenial.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
6.5 · Medium
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |