CVE-2014-8540 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The groups API in GitLab 6.x and 7.x before 7.4.3 allows remote authenticated guest users to modify ownership of arbitrary groups by leveraging improper permission checks.

Published: 2018-01-05

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab::::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-8377	The groups API in GitLab 6.x and 7.x before 7.4.3 allows remote authenticated guest users to modify ownership of arbitrary groups by leveraging improper permission checks.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0032.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/31/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70841
https://about.gitlab.com/2014/10/30/gitlab-7-4-3-released/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98449
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commit/a2dfff418bf2532ebb5aee88414107929b17eefd

History

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Subscriptions

Gitlab Gitlab

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-01-05T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:18:48.503Z

Reserved: 2014-10-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-8540

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-01-05T16:29:00.323

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:19:17.637

Link: CVE-2014-8540

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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