Mozilla Bugzilla up to 3.5.1 Installation access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Mozilla Bugzilla up to 3.5.1. Affected is an unknown function of the component Installation. The manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2009-3989. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Mozilla Bugzilla up to 3.5.1 (Bug Tracking Software). Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Installation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Bugzilla before 3.0.11, 3.2.x before 3.2.6, 3.4.x before 3.4.5, and 3.5.x before 3.5.3 does not block access to files and directories that are used by custom installations, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via requests for (1) CVS/, (2) contrib/, (3) docs/en/xml/, (4) t/, or (5) old-params.txt.

The weakness was disclosed 02/03/2010 by Max Kanat-Alexander as Bug 434801 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-3989. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 44426 (Bugzilla Directory Access Information Disclosure), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116895 (Fedora update for Bugzilla (FEDORA-2010-1458)).

Upgrading to version 3.5.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (56003), Tenable (44426), SecurityFocus (BID 38025†), Secunia (SA38443†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-24773†). The entry VDB-51731 is pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 44426
Nessus Name: Bugzilla Directory Access Information Disclosure
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OpenVAS ID: 100482
OpenVAS Name: Bugzilla Directory Access Information Disclosure Vulnerability
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Bugzilla 3.5.2

Timelineinfo

11/19/2009 🔍
11/24/2009 +5 days 🔍
02/01/2010 +69 days 🔍
02/03/2010 +2 days 🔍
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02/07/2010 +4 days 🔍
02/10/2010 +3 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +1862 days 🔍
05/14/2025 +3710 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 434801
Researcher: Max Kanat-Alexander
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-3989 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-3989
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51732
X-Force: 56003
SecurityFocus: 38025 - Bugzilla Directory Access Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 38443
Vulnerability Center: 24773 - Mozilla Bugzilla Custom Installations Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 05/14/2025 18:11
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (65), 02/20/2017 13:27 (9), 09/01/2021 03:09 (4), 09/01/2021 03:17 (1), 05/14/2025 18:11 (17)
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