Bugzilla information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Bugzilla. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-5453. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Bugzilla (Bug Tracking Software) (affected version unknown). Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality.

The weakness was presented 10/15/2006 by Frédéric Buclin and Josh "timeless" Soref (Alexander) with Shell (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-5453 since 10/23/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. 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 T1592.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 23669 (GLSA-200611-04 : Bugzilla: Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading 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 Tenable (23669), SecurityFocus (BID 20538†), OSVDB (29547†), Secunia (SA22409†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1017063†). See VDB-32905, VDB-32904, VDB-32903 and VDB-84707 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 23669
Nessus Name: GLSA-200611-04 : Bugzilla: Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 57578
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: bugzilla, ja-bugzilla
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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11/20/2006 +11 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Frédéric Buclin, Josh "timeless" Soref (Alexander)
Organization: Shell
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-5453 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5453
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-84708
X-Force: 29610
SecurityFocus: 20538 - Mozilla Bugzilla Multiple Input Validation and Information disclosure Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 22409 - Bugzilla Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 29547 - Bugzilla XML Format Deadline Field Disclosure
SecurityTracker: 1017063
Vupen: ADV-2006-4035

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/08/2016 20:03
Updated: 04/25/2026 05:21
Changes: 05/08/2016 20:03 (58), 11/24/2018 12:22 (21), 08/05/2022 08:50 (4), 08/05/2022 08:52 (1), 04/25/2026 05:21 (15)
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