CVE-2011-2978 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2011-2978

Bugzilla 2.16rc1 through 2.22.7, 3.0.x through 3.3.x, 3.4.x before 3.4.12,...

Vulnerability Description

Bugzilla 2.16rc1 through 2.22.7, 3.0.x through 3.3.x, 3.4.x before 3.4.12, 3.5.x, 3.6.x before 3.6.6, 3.7.x, 4.0.x before 4.0.2, and 4.1.x before 4.1.3 does not prevent changes to the confirmation e-mail address (aka old_email field) for e-mail change notifications, which makes it easier for remote attackers to perform arbitrary address changes by leveraging an unattended workstation.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

bugzilla
Vulnerable Versions:
2.16, 2.16.1, 2.16.2, 2.16.3, 2.16.4, 2.16.5, 2.16.6, 2.16.7, 2.16.8, 2.16.9, 2.16.10, 2.16.11, 2.17, 2.17.1, 2.17.3, 2.17.4, 2.17.5, 2.17.6, 2.17.7, 2.18, 2.18.1, 2.18.2, 2.18.3, 2.18.4, 2.18.5, 2.18.6, 2.19, 2.19.1, 2.19.2, 2.19.3, 2.20, 2.20.1, 2.20.2, 2.20.3, 2.20.4, 2.20.5, 2.20.6, 2.20.7, 2.21, 2.21.1, 2.21.2, 2.22, 2.22.1, 2.22.2, 2.22.3, 2.22.4, 2.22.5, 2.22.6, 2.22.7, 3.0, 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5, 3.0.6, 3.0.7, 3.0.8, 3.0.9, 3.0.10, 3.0.11, 3.1.0, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.1.4, 3.2, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3, 3.2.4, 3.2.5, 3.2.6, 3.2.7, 3.2.8, 3.2.9, 3.2.10, 3.3, 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.3.3, 3.3.4, 3.4, 3.4.1, 3.4.2, 3.4.3, 3.4.4, 3.4.5, 3.4.6, 3.4.7, 3.4.8, 3.4.9, 3.4.10, 3.4.11, 3.5, 3.5.1, 3.5.2, 3.5.3, 3.6, 3.6.0, 3.6.1, 3.6.2, 3.6.3, 3.6.4, 3.6.5, 3.7, 3.7.1, 3.7.2, 3.7.3, 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.2

Timeline

Official Publish: August 9th, 2011
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.