BugzillaApplication · Mozilla

CVE-2003-1042

HIGH · 10.0 CVSS v2.0 Published 2004-08-18
Patch available
A vendor patch is available. No clean upgrade release — apply the published patch.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
SQL injection vulnerability in collectstats.pl for Bugzilla 2.16.3 and earlier allows remote authenticated users with editproducts privileges to execute arbitrary SQL via the product name.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
BugzillaApplication
Affected:= 2.4= 2.6= 2.8= 2.10= 2.12= 2.14= 2.14.1= 2.14.2= 2.14.3= 2.14.4= 2.14.5= 2.16

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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dbcve · scoped
Patch available Apply the vendor patch
Recommended fix High confidence

Bugzilla 2.16.4 or later

  1. 1. Back up your Bugzilla database and files before proceeding with any upgrade.
  2. 2. Download Bugzilla 2.16.4 or a later stable version from the official Bugzilla website (bugzilla.org).
  3. 3. Extract the new Bugzilla version to a temporary directory.
  4. 4. Copy the localconfig file from your existing Bugzilla installation to the new installation.
  5. 5. Run the checksetup.pl script with the new Bugzilla version: perl checksetup.pl
  6. 6. If prompted, update your database schema by following the on-screen instructions.
  7. 7. Verify that collectstats.pl has been updated and no longer contains the vulnerable code.
  8. 8. Test that the product statistics functionality works correctly with the new version.
Caveat Minor: Review custom templates for compatibility with the new version

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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