Mozilla Bugzilla 4.1/4.1.1/4.1.2 cross-site request forgery

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Mozilla Bugzilla 4.1/4.1.1/4.1.2 (Bug Tracking Software). This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Bugzilla 4.1.x before 4.1.3 generates different responses for certain assignee queries depending on whether the group name is valid, which allows remote attackers to determine the existence of private group names via a custom search. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2010-2756 regression.

The weakness was published 08/09/2011 by Max Kanat-Alexander as Bug 674497 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-2979. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 56444 (Debian DSA-2322-1 : bugzilla - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 12519 (Mozilla Bugzilla Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 4.1.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (56444). Similar entries are available at 56246, 56243, 56240 and 56239.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
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Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 56444
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-2322-1 : bugzilla - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 70264
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: bugzilla
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Bugzilla 4.1.2

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08/01/2011 🔍
08/05/2011 +4 days 🔍
08/09/2011 +4 days 🔍
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08/09/2011 +0 days 🔍
08/15/2011 +6 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +1316 days 🔍
11/17/2021 +2431 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 674497
Researcher: Max Kanat-Alexander
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-2979 (🔍)
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X-Force: 69166
Vulnerability Center: 32710 - Mozilla Bugzilla 4.1 before 4.1.3 Remote Information Disclosure, Medium
SecurityFocus: 49042 - Bugzilla Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 45501
OSVDB: 74298

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Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/17/2021 12:10
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (63), 03/29/2017 18:21 (10), 11/17/2021 11:55 (6), 11/17/2021 12:02 (1), 11/17/2021 12:10 (1)
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