UBUNTU-CVE-2023-6159

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-6159

    Published: 26 Jan 2024Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-6159

    Summary:

    Details: An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 12.7 prior to 16.6.6, 16.7 prior to 16.7.4, and 16.8 prior to 16.8.1 It was possible for an attacker to trigger a Regular Expression Denial of Service via a `Cargo.toml` containing maliciously crafted input.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-6159, https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/01/25/critical-security-release-gitlab-16-8-1-released, https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2024/01/25/critical-security-release-gitlab-16-8-1-released/, https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/431924, https://hackerone.com/reports/2251278, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6159

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gitlab

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-5?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    8.4.3+dfsg-9
    8.4.3+dfsg-12

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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