CVE-2011-2978
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5 · Improper input validation
5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impact—
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=670868 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=670868Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45501Advisory
- http://www.bugzilla.org/security/3.4.11/Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2322
- http://www.osvdb.org/74301
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49042
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69036