BugZilla LDAP Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

BID:3792

Info

BugZilla LDAP Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 3792
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 09 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 09 2001 12:00AM
Credit: This issue was originally reported to the Bugzilla Development Homepage as Bugzilla Bug 54901.
Vulnerable: Mozilla Bugzilla 2.14
- Redhat Linux 7.1
- Redhat Linux 7.1
- Redhat Linux 7.0
- Redhat Linux 7.0
- Redhat Linux 7.0
- Redhat Linux 7.0
- Redhat Linux 7.0
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
Mozilla Bugzilla 2.6
Mozilla Bugzilla 2.4
Not Vulnerable: Mozilla Bugzilla 2.14.1

Discussion

BugZilla LDAP Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Bugzilla is the bug tracking software package by the Mozilla project. It can be configured to run on Microsoft Windows and various Unix/Linux platforms.

A problem in the Bugzilla's implementation of LDAP makes it possible for an attacker to log in as any user. The attacker must simply leave the password field blank and the authentication challenge will succeed, when it normally should fail. This occurs even when there is a valid password for the account the attacker is attempting to log in under.

This is only an issue if Bugzilla is configured to use LDAP authentication.

Exploit / POC

BugZilla LDAP Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

There is no exploit code required.

Solution / Fix

BugZilla LDAP Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
This issue has been addressed by the vendor is versions 2.14.1 and later. Users are advised to upgrade to the most recent version.

It should also be noted that users who are running version 2.15 checked out of
cvs prior to 15 December 2001 are strongly recommended to use 'cvs update' to obtain the current cvs code.


Mozilla Bugzilla 2.10

Mozilla Bugzilla 2.12

Mozilla Bugzilla 2.14

Mozilla Bugzilla 2.4

Mozilla Bugzilla 2.6

Mozilla Bugzilla 2.8

References

BugZilla LDAP Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

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