Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-4534 - Unspecified vulnerability in Mozilla Bugzilla

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
mozilla
nessus

Summary

The shadow database feature (syncshadowdb) in Bugzilla 2.9 through 2.16.10 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Nessus

NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-1208.NASL
descriptionSeveral remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Bugzilla bug tracking system, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2005-4534 Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena discovered that insecure temporary file usage may lead to denial of service through a symlink attack. - CVE-2006-5453 Several cross-site scripting vulnerabilities may lead to injection of arbitrary web script code.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id23657
published2006-11-20
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/23657
titleDebian DSA-1208-1 : bugzilla - several vulnerabilities
code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-1208. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(23657);
  script_version("1.17");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:20");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-4534", "CVE-2006-5453");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"1208");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-1208-1 : bugzilla - several vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Bugzilla
bug tracking system, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary
code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the
following problems :

  - CVE-2005-4534
    Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena discovered that
    insecure temporary file usage may lead to denial of
    service through a symlink attack.

  - CVE-2006-5453
    Several cross-site scripting vulnerabilities may lead to
    injection of arbitrary web script code."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=395094"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=329387"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-4534"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-5453"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1208"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the bugzilla packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in
version 2.16.7-7sarge2.

For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) these problems have been
fixed in version 2.22.1-1."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:bugzilla");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/11/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2006/11/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/12/26");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"bugzilla", reference:"2.16.7-7sarge2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"bugzilla-doc", reference:"2.16.7-7sarge2")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");