Bugzilla 2.0 < 4.0.12 / 4.2.8 / 4.4.3 / 4.5.3 Character Spoofing

medium Nessus Plugin ID 74106

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Synopsis

The remote web server contains a web application that suffers from a character spoofing vulnerability.

Description

According to its banner, the version of Bugzilla installed on the remote host is after version 2.0 but prior to 4.0.12, 4.1.1 prior to 4.2.8, 4.3.1 prior to 4.4.3, or 4.5.1 prior to 4.5.3. It is, therefore, affected by a character spoofing vulnerability.

The vulnerability exists in the bug comment feature when handling control characters. This could allow a remote attacker to inject arbitrary commands if copied to a terminal.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Bugzilla 4.0.12 / 4.2.8 / 4.4.3 / 4.5.3 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 74106

File Name: bugzilla_comment_spoofing.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 5/20/2014

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode, Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:bugzilla

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, installed_sw/Bugzilla

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/5/2014

Reference Information

BID: 66970

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