Mozilla Bugzilla up to 2.19.0 quips.cgi action access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Bugzilla up to 2.19.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file quips.cgi. Such manipulation of the argument action leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2008-6098. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Bugzilla up to 2.19.0 (Bug Tracking Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file quips.cgi. The manipulation of the argument action with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Bugzilla 3.2 before 3.2 RC2, 3.0 before 3.0.6, 2.22 before 2.22.6, 2.20 before 2.20.7, and other versions after 2.17.4 allows remote authenticated users to bypass moderation to approve and disapprove quips via a direct request to quips.cgi with the action parameter set to "approve."

The bug was discovered 11/06/2008. The weakness was presented 02/09/2009 by Alex (Website). The advisory is shared for download at redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-6098 since 02/09/2009. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 95 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 38079 (Fedora 10 : bugzilla-3.2.2-2.fc10 (2009-2417)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116301 (Fedora Update for Bugzilla (FEDORA-2009-2418,FEDORA-2009-2417)).

Upgrading to version 2.19.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (46424), Tenable (38079), SecurityFocus (BID 32178†), OSVDB (49731†) and Secunia (SA32501†). See VDB-46387, VDB-46386, VDB-46385 and VDB-46384 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Bug Tracking Software

Vendor

• Mozilla

Name

• Bugzilla

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10
• 2.11
• 2.12
• 2.13
• 2.14
• 2.15
• 2.16
• 2.17
• 2.18
• 2.19.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.mozilla.org/

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 38079
Nessus Name: Fedora 10 : bugzilla-3.2.2-2.fc10 (2009-2417)
Nessus File: 🔍
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OpenVAS ID: 63602
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-2417 (bugzilla)
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: Bugzilla 2.19.1

Timelineinfo

11/06/2008 🔍
11/06/2008 +0 days 🔍
11/07/2008 +1 days 🔍
12/03/2008 +26 days 🔍
12/08/2008 +5 days 🔍
02/09/2009 +63 days 🔍
02/09/2009 +0 days 🔍
02/09/2009 +0 days 🔍
03/05/2009 +24 days 🔍
04/23/2009 +49 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +2154 days 🔍
08/21/2019 +1618 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: redhat.com
Researcher: Alex
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2008-6098 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-6098
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-46388
X-Force: 46424
SecurityFocus: 32178 - Bugzilla Quip Manipulation Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 32501 - Bugzilla Quips Approval Security Bypass Security Issue, Less Critical
OSVDB: 49731 - Bugzilla - Quip Manipulation Security Bypass Issue
Vulnerability Center: 20160 - Mozilla Bugzilla < 3.0.6 Remote Security Bypass Vulnerability Allows Manipulation of Quips, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/21/2019 16:11
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (84), 08/21/2019 16:11 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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