SB2011080904 - Cross-site scripting in Mozilla Bugzilla

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.

1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-2976)

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in Bugzilla 2.16rc1 through 2.22.7, 3.0.x through 3.3.x, and 3.4.x before 3.4.12. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/45501
• http://www.bugzilla.org/security/3.4.11/
• http://www.osvdb.org/74303
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49042
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=660053
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69038