A denial of service (DoS) condition was discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 13.2.4 before 16.10.6, 16.11 before 16.11.3, and 17.0 before 17.0.1. By leveraging this vulnerability an attacker could create a DoS condition by sending crafted API calls.
Weakness
The product does not handle or incorrectly handles a compressed input with a very high compression ratio that produces a large output.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gitlab | Gitlab | 13.2.4 (including) | 16.10.6 (excluding) |
| Gitlab | Gitlab | 16.11.0 (including) | 16.11.3 (excluding) |
| Gitlab | Gitlab | 17.0.0 (including) | 17.0.0 (including) |
| Gitlab | Ubuntu | esm-apps/xenial | * |