Bugzilla h1 and h2 tags cross-site scripting

bugzilla-h1h2-tags-xss (29610) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

Bugzilla is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input in h1 and h2 tags. A remote attacker with administrative privileges could exploit this vulnerability using the h1 and h2 HTML tags in a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.

Platforms Affected:

  • Debian, Debian Linux 3.1
  • Gentoo, Linux
  • Mozilla, Bugzilla 2.18
  • Mozilla, Bugzilla 2.18 rc3
  • Mozilla, Bugzilla 2.18 rc2
  • Mozilla, Bugzilla 2.18 rc1
  • Mozilla, Bugzilla 2.18.1
  • Mozilla, Bugzilla 2.18.2
  • Mozilla, Bugzilla 2.18.3
  • Mozilla, Bugzilla 2.18.4
  • Mozilla, Bugzilla 2.18.5
  • Mozilla, Bugzilla 2.20 rc1
  • Mozilla, Bugzilla 2.20
  • Mozilla, Bugzilla 2.20 rc2
  • Mozilla, Bugzilla 2.20.1
  • Mozilla, Bugzilla 2.20.2
  • Mozilla, Bugzilla 2.22
  • Mozilla, Bugzilla 2.23
  • Mozilla, Bugzilla 2.23.1
  • Mozilla, Bugzilla 2.23.2

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of Bugzilla (2.18.6 or later), (2.20.3 or later), (2.22.1 or later) or (2.23.3 or later), as listed in the Bugzilla Security Advisory dated October 15, 2006. See References.

Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

  • BugTraq Mailing List, Sun Oct 15 2006 - 05:02:20 CDT , Security Advisory for Bugzilla 2.18.5, 2.20.2, 2.22, and 2.23.2 at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-10/0242.html.
  • Bugzilla Web site, 2.18.5, 2.20.2, 2.22, and 2.23.2 Security Advisory at http://www.bugzilla.org/security/2.18.5/.
  • BID-20538: Mozilla Bugzilla Multiple Input Validation and Information disclosure Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2006-5453: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Bugzilla 2.18.x before 2.18.6, 2.20.x before 2.20.3, 2.22.x before 2.22.1, and 2.23.x before 2.23.3 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) page headers using the H1, H2, and H3 HTML tags in global/header.html.tmpl, (2) description fields of certain items in various edit cgi scripts, and (3) the id parameter in showdependencygraph.cgi.
  • DSA-1208: bugzilla -- several vulnerabilities
  • GLSA-200611-04: Bugzilla: Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • OSVDB ID: 29544: Bugzilla Page Header XSS
  • OSVDB ID: 29545: Bugzilla Multiple Description Field XSS
  • OSVDB ID: 29549: Bugzilla showdependencygraph.cgi XSS
  • SA22409: Bugzilla Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • SECTRACK ID: 1017063: Bugzilla Input Validation Holes Permit Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
  • VUPEN/ADV-2006-4035: Bugzilla Multiple Cross Site Scripting and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

Reported:

Oct 15, 2006

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