UBUNTU-CVE-2023-6840

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-6840
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-6840.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-6840
Related
Published
2024-02-07T22:15:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:24:16Z
Severity
  • 6.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue has been discovered in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 16.4 prior to 16.6.7, 16.7 prior to 16.7.5, and 16.8 prior to 16.8.2 which allows a maintainer to change the name of a protected branch that bypasses the security policy added to block MR.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / gitlab

Package

Name
gitlab
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gitlab@8.5.8+dfsg-5?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

8.*

8.4.3+dfsg-9
8.4.3+dfsg-12
8.5.8+dfsg-5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}