5.0rc1, 4.4.6, 4.2.11, and 4.0.15 Security Advisory

Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2015

Summary
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Bugzilla is a Web-based bug-tracking system used by a large number of
software projects. The following security issues have been discovered
in Bugzilla:

* A user with editcomponents permissions could possibly inject system
  commands in product names and possibly other attributes.

* Methods from imported modules could possibly be executed using
  the WebService API.

All affected installations are encouraged to upgrade as soon as
possible.


Vulnerability Details
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Class:       Command Injection
Affected:    All versions before 4.0.16, 4.1.1 to 4.2.11, 4.3.1 to 4.4.6, 4.5.1 to 4.5.6
Fixed In:    4.0.16, 4.2.12, 4.4.7, 5.0rc1
Description: Some code in Bugzilla does not properly utilize 3 arguments form
             for open() and it is possible for an account with editcomponents 
             permissions to inject commands into product names and other
             attributes.
References:  https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1079065
CVE Number:  CVE-2014-8630


Class:       Information Leak
Affected:    2.23.3 to 4.0.15, 4.1.1 to 4.2.11, 4.3.1 to 4.4.6, 4.5.1 to 4.5.6
Fixed In:    4.0.16, 4.2.12, 4.4.7, 5.0rc1
Description: Some code in Bugzilla does not properly utilize 3 arguments form
             for open() and it is possible for an account with editcomponents 
             permissions to inject commands into product names and other
             attributes.
References:  https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1090275


Vulnerability Solutions
=======================

The fix for these issues is included in the 
releases. Upgrading to a release with the relevant fix will
protect your installation from possible exploits of these issues.

If you are unable to upgrade but would like to patch just the security
vulnerability, there are patches available for the issues at the
"References" URL.

Full release downloads, patches to upgrade Bugzilla from previous
versions, and git upgrade instructions are available at:

  https://www.bugzilla.org/download/


Credits
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The Bugzilla team wish to thank the following people for their
assistance in locating, advising us of, and assisting us to fix this
issue:


Issue 1 Reporter: John Lightsey
Issue 1 Fixed by: Gervase Markham, David Lawrence, Dylan Hardison


Issue 2 Reporter: David Lawrence
Issue 2 Fixed by: Gervase Markham, David Lawrence, Dylan Hardison

General information about the Bugzilla bug-tracking system can be found
at:

  https://www.bugzilla.org/

Comments and follow-ups can be directed to the support-bugzilla mailing list.
https://www.bugzilla.org/support/ has directions for accessing this forum.