CVE-2014-1572

Summary

The confirm_create_account function in the account-creation feature in token.cgi in Bugzilla 2.x through 4.0.x before 4.0.15, 4.1.x and 4.2.x before 4.2.11, 4.3.x and 4.4.x before 4.4.6, and 4.5.x before 4.5.6 does not specify a scalar context for the realname parameter, which allows remote attackers to create accounts with unverified e-mail addresses by sending three realname values with realname=login_name as the second, as demonstrated by selecting an e-mail address with a domain name for which group privileges are automatically granted.

Impact & exploitability

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.

Additional information

• NVD record
• http://www.bugzilla.org/security/4.0.14/Advisory
• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0412.html
• http://blog.gerv.net/2014/10/new-class-of-vulnerability-in-perl-web-applications/
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/142524.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/141309.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/141321.html
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/07/20
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128578/Bugzilla-Account-Creation-XSS-Information-Leak.html