CVE-2011-2979

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-2979
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-08-09 19:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionBugzilla 4.1.x before 4.1.3 generates different responses for certain assignee queries depending on whether the group name is valid, which allows remote attackers to determine the existence of private group names via a custom search. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2010-2756 regression.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 4.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 4.1.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Bugzilla 4.1.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
4.1.2, 4.0.1, 3.6.5, and 3.4.11 Security Advisory :: Bugzilla :: bugzilla.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.bugzilla.org Vendor Advisory
674497 – (CVE-2011-2979) [SECURITY] Custom searches let you determine if a group exists or not af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Exploit, Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
www.osvdb.org/74298 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
www.osvdb.org/74299 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Bugzilla Multiple Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Bugzilla Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2322-1 bugzilla af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
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