Mozilla Bugzilla up to 2.17.1 User Account input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Bugzilla up to 2.17.1 and classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component User Account. This manipulation causes input validation. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-0448. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Bugzilla up to 2.17.1 (Bug Tracking Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component User Account. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Bugzilla 2.x and 3.x before 3.4.14, 3.5.x and 3.6.x before 3.6.8, 3.7.x and 4.0.x before 4.0.4, and 4.1.x and 4.2.x before 4.2rc2 does not reject non-ASCII characters in e-mail addresses of new user accounts, which makes it easier for remote authenticated users to spoof other user accounts by choosing a similar e-mail address.

The weakness was released 02/02/2012 as Bug 714472 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-0448 since 01/09/2012. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 57900 (Fedora 15 : bugzilla-3.6.8-1.fc15 (2012-1189)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 2.17.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (72877), Tenable (57900), SecurityFocus (BID 51784†), Secunia (SA47814†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1026623†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-60090. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 57900
Nessus Name: Fedora 15 : bugzilla-3.6.8-1.fc15 (2012-1189)
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OpenVAS ID: 70734
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: bugzilla
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Bugzilla 2.17.2

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03/23/2015 +1133 days 🔍
11/29/2021 +2443 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 714472
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-0448 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-0448
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-60091
X-Force: 72877
SecurityFocus: 51784 - Bugzilla UTF-8 CVE-2012-0448 User Impersonation Vulnerability
Secunia: 47814 - Bugzilla Spoofing and Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
SecurityTracker: 1026623 - Bugzilla Bugs Permit Remote Cross-Site Request Forgery and Remote Authenticated Account Impersonation Attacks
Vulnerability Center: 34460 - Bugzilla User Accounts Spoofing Vulnerability via E-mail Address with Non-ASCII Characters, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/29/2021 12:04
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (65), 04/09/2017 14:44 (16), 11/29/2021 12:04 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:571:103

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