CVE-2019-13010
GitLab vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A vulnerability was discovered in GitLab Enterprise Edition versions 8.3 through 12.0.2, identified as CVE-2019-13010. The vulnerability was related to the color codes decoder functionality, which was susceptible to a resource depletion attack when specific formats were used (GitLab Security Release).

Technical details

The vulnerability affected the color codes decoder component in GitLab Enterprise Edition. When specific formats were processed by the decoder, it could be exploited to cause resource depletion, potentially impacting system performance (GitLab Security Release).

Impact

The vulnerability could lead to resource depletion in affected GitLab instances, potentially causing system performance degradation or denial of service conditions (GitLab Security Release).

Mitigation and workarounds

GitLab addressed this vulnerability in versions 12.0.3, 11.11.5, and 11.10.8. Users running affected versions were strongly recommended to upgrade immediately to one of these patched versions to mitigate the vulnerability (GitLab Security Release).

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