CVE-2011-2979

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-08-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Bugzilla 4.1.x before 4.1.3 generates different responses for certain assignee queries depending on whether the group name is valid, which allows remote attackers to determine the existence of private group names via a custom search. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2010-2756 regression.

Affected products

Mozilla Bugzilla: 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.2

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/45501
http://www.bugzilla.org/security/3.4.11/
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2322
http://www.osvdb.org/74298
http://www.osvdb.org/74299
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49042
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=674497
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69166
http://secunia.com/advisories/45501
http://www.bugzilla.org/security/3.4.11/
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2322
http://www.osvdb.org/74298

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