CVE-2016-4340 - Vulnerability Details

Vendors	Products
Gitlab	Gitlab

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138368/GitLab-Impersonate-Privilege-Escalation.html
https://about.gitlab.com/2016/05/02/cve-2016-4340-patches/
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/15548
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40236/

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