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Access Restriction Bypass Affecting gitlab package, versions <8.8.2+dfsg-1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Mature
    EPSS
    2.56% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-GITLAB-317233
  • published 23 Jan 2017
  • disclosed 23 Jan 2017
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Introduced: 23 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-4340 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-264 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable gitlab to version 8.8.2+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.

The impersonate feature in Gitlab 8.7.0, 8.6.0 through 8.6.7, 8.5.0 through 8.5.11, 8.4.0 through 8.4.9, 8.3.0 through 8.3.8, and 8.2.0 through 8.2.4 allows remote authenticated users to "log in" as any other user via unspecified vectors.