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title: "CVE-2023-3385\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-3385?format=md
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# CVE-2023-3385

Publication date 2 August 2023

Last updated 26 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**6.5 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-3385?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

An issue has been discovered in GitLab affecting all versions starting from
8.10 before 16.0.8, all versions starting from 16.1 before 16.1.3, all
versions starting from 16.2 before 16.2.2. Under specific circumstances, a
user importing a project 'from export' could access and read unrelated
files via uploading a specially crafted file. This was due to a bug in
`tar`, fixed in
[`tar-1.35`](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2023-07/msg00005.html).

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| gitlab | 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release |
| 23.10 mantic | Not in release |
| 23.04 lunar | Not in release |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored end of standard support |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

6.5 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | Low |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 6.5 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-3385)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3385)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2023-3385)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-3385)

### Other references

* <https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/416161>
* <https://hackerone.com/reports/2032730>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3385>