BugZilla DoEditVotes.CGI Login Error Information Leak Vulnerability

BID:3800

Info

BugZilla DoEditVotes.CGI Login Error Information Leak Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 3800
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 04 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 04 2001 12:00AM
Credit: This issue was originally reported to the Bugzilla Development Homepage as Bugzilla Bug 98146.
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 DoEditVotes.CGI Login Error Information Leak 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.

Sensitive information is disclosed to the user when a bad login to doeditvotes.cgi occurs, which may be potentially used for malicious purposes.

Disclosed information may be used to aid in an attempt to steal cookie-based authentication credentials.

Exploit / POC

BugZilla DoEditVotes.CGI Login Error Information Leak Vulnerability

There is no exploit code required.

Solution / Fix

BugZilla DoEditVotes.CGI Login Error Information Leak 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 DoEditVotes.CGI Login Error Information Leak Vulnerability

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