BugZilla Process_Bug.CGI Restricted Bug Comments Revealing Vulnerability

BID:3258

Info

BugZilla Process_Bug.CGI Restricted Bug Comments Revealing Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 3258
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 29 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 29 2001 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was announced in a Bugzilla Security Advisory dated August 29, 2001.
Vulnerable: Mozilla Bugzilla 2.12
Mozilla Bugzilla 2.10
Mozilla Bugzilla 2.8
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows NT 3.5.1
- Microsoft Windows NT 3.5.1
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

BugZilla Process_Bug.CGI Restricted Bug Comments Revealing Vulnerability

Bugzilla is the bug tracking software package by the Mozilla project.

A problem in Bugzilla has been discovered that allows remote users to gain access to restricted bug information. Upon viewing a restricted bug, the user may save the show_bug.cgi page, and monitor the hidden form fields to the following:

<INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME="delta_ts" VALUE="19950000000000">
<INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME="longdesclength" VALUE="0">
<INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME="id" VALUE=bugid>

Loading this modified page, and clicking commit yields the comments.

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