CVE-2011-2978

critical

Description

Bugzilla 2.16rc1 through 2.22.7, 3.0.x through 3.3.x, 3.4.x before 3.4.12, 3.5.x, 3.6.x before 3.6.6, 3.7.x, 4.0.x before 4.0.2, and 4.1.x before 4.1.3 does not prevent changes to the confirmation e-mail address (aka old_email field) for e-mail change notifications, which makes it easier for remote attackers to perform arbitrary address changes by leveraging an unattended workstation.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69036

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=670868

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49042

http://www.osvdb.org/74301

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2322

http://www.bugzilla.org/security/3.4.11/

http://secunia.com/advisories/45501

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2011-08-09

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: Critical