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Arch Linux ASA-201605-25 Medium: Bugzilla Cross-Site Scripting Threat

Archlinux Large Esm H500
The package bugzilla before version 5.0.3-1 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting.
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/title/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://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2803
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1253263

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