CVE-2014-8630

Description

Bugzilla before 4.0.16, 4.1.x and 4.2.x before 4.2.12, 4.3.x and 4.4.x before 4.4.7, and 5.x before 5.0rc1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging the editcomponents privilege and triggering crafted input to a two-argument Perl open call, as demonstrated by shell metacharacters in a product name.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.63%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory bugzilla.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0048.html
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1079065 issue tracking vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/149921.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/149925.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:030 vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201607-11 vendor advisory
http://www.bugzilla.org/security/4.0.15/ issue tracking patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-8630?
CVE-2014-8630 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-8630?
To fix CVE-2014-8630, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-8630 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2014-8630 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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