Gentoo: GLSA-201607-11 Normal: Bugzilla Privilege Escalation
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July 20, 2016
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Bugzilla, the worst of which could lead to the escalation of privileges.
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Bugzilla. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
All Bugzilla 4.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/bugzilla-4.4.12"
All Bugzilla 5.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/bugzilla-5.0.3"
All Bugzilla 5.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/bugzilla-5.0.3"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2014-1572 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1572 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-1573 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1573 [ 3 ] CVE-2014-8630 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8630
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-11
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Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Severity: Normal
Title: Bugzilla: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 20, 2016
Bugs: #524316, #537448, #560406, #583236
ID: 201607-11
Background
Bugzilla is the bug-tracking system from the Mozilla project.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 www-apps/bugzilla < 5.0.3 *> 4.4.12
>= 5.0.3
Impact
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Privileged account holders could execute system level commands, and the
new user process could be exploited to allow for the escalation of
privileges.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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