Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201605-25
=========================================
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://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2803
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1253263

ArchLinux: 201605-25: bugzilla: cross-site scripting

May 19, 2016

Summary

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.

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.

References

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

Severity
Package : bugzilla
Type : cross-site scripting
Remote : Yes
Link : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE

Workaround

None.

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