GLSA-200507-12 : Bugzilla: Unauthorized access and information disclosure

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19199

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200507-12 (Bugzilla: Unauthorized access and information disclosure)

Bugzilla allows any user to modify the flags of any bug (CAN-2005-2173). Bugzilla inserts bugs into the database before marking them as private, in connection with MySQL replication this could lead to a race condition (CAN-2005-2174).
Impact :

By manually changing the URL to process_bug.cgi, a remote attacker could modify the flags of any given bug, which could trigger an email including the bug summary to be sent to the attacker. The race condition when using Bugzilla with MySQL replication could lead to a short timespan (usually less than a second) where the summary of private bugs is exposed to all users.
Workaround :

There are no known workarounds at this time.

Solution

All Bugzilla users should upgrade to the latest available version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apps/bugzilla-2.18.3'

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19199

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200507-12.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 7/14/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:bugzilla

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 7/13/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2173, CVE-2005-2174

GLSA: 200507-12

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