CVE-2011-2979 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Bugzilla 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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00688.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Mozilla	Bugzilla

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:4.1.2:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2011-2947	Bugzilla 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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/45501
http://www.bugzilla.org/security/3.4.11/
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2322
http://www.osvdb.org/74298
http://www.osvdb.org/74299
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49042
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=674497
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69166

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2011-08-09T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:22:26.084Z

Reserved: 2011-08-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-2979

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-08-09T19:55:01.683

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-2979

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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