Description
Bugzilla 3.5.x and 3.6.x before 3.6.9, 3.7.x and 4.0.x before 4.0.6, and 4.1.x and 4.2.x before 4.2.1, when the inbound_proxies option is enabled, does not properly validate the X-Forwarded-For HTTP header, which allows remote attackers to bypass the lockout policy via a series of authentication requests with (1) different IP address strings in this header or (2) a long string in this header.
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=728639
- FEDORA-2012-6282 vendor-advisory
- 20120418 Security advisory for Bugzilla 4.2.1, 4.0.6 and 3.6.9 mailing-list
- FEDORA-2012-6396 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2012-6368 vendor-advisory