[arch-security] [ASA-201605-25] bugzilla: cross-site scripting

Levente Polyak anthraxx at archlinux.org
Thu May 19 16:24:49 UTC 2016


Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201605-25
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Severity: Medium
Date    : 2016-05-19
CVE-ID  : CVE-2016-2803
Package : bugzilla
Type    : cross-site scripting
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CVE

Summary
=======

The package bugzilla before version 5.0.3-1 is vulnerable to cross-site
scripting.

Resolution
==========

Upgrade to 5.0.3-1.

# pacman -Syu "bugzilla>=5.0.3-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 5.0.3.

Workaround
==========

None.

Description
===========

An attacker can craft a malicious summary within a bug report to host
malicious javascript code. This code will be served to a user when he
or she navigates to the bug's dependency graph.

Impact
======

An attacker is able to submit a malicious bug report and execute
arbitrary javascript code in the client's browser by using the bugzilla
server as a pivot.

References
==========

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2803
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1253263

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