# CVE-2008-2105: email\_in.pl in Bugzilla 2.23.4, 3.0.x before 3.0.4, and 3.1.x before 3.1.4 allows remote authenticated users to more easily spoof the change

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-05-07 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

email_in.pl in Bugzilla 2.23.4, 3.0.x before 3.0.4, and 3.1.x before 3.1.4 allows remote authenticated users to more easily spoof the changer of a bug via a @reporter command in the body of an e-mail message, which overrides the e-mail address as normally obtained from the From e-mail header. NOTE: since From headers are easily spoofed, this only crosses privilege boundaries in environments that provide additional verification of e-mail addresses.

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## References

- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019969
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29038
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30167
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00036.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42235
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00098.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=419188
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30064
- http://www.bugzilla.org/security/2.20.5/
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1428/references

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