Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting gitlab package, versions <11.5.10+dfsg-1
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- published1 Feb 2019
- disclosed11 Apr 2019
Introduced: 1 Feb 2019
CVE-2019-6796 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable gitlab to version 11.5.10+dfsg-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gitlab package and not the gitlab package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.
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 XSS (issue 2 of 2). The user status field contains a lack of input validation and output encoding that results in a persistent XSS.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-6796
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/55320
- https://about.gitlab.com/2019/01/31/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-7-dot-3-released/
- https://about.gitlab.com/2019/02/05/critical-security-release-gitlab-11-dot-7-dot-4-released/
- https://about.gitlab.com/blog/categories/releases/
- https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/57112