CVE-2011-2979
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.1%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- EPSS score
- 2.1% (81th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-2947)
- Published
- August 9, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-2947 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mozilla / bugzilla
- mozilla / bugzilla
- mozilla / bugzilla
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45501(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.bugzilla.org/security/3.4.11/(Vendor Advisory)
- 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(Exploit, Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69166
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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