SB2015012715 - Fedora 21 update for mantis
Published: January 27, 2015 Updated: April 24, 2025
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9571)
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in admin/install.php in MantisBT before 1.2.19 and 1.3.x before 1.3.0-beta.2 when processing (1) admin_username or (2) admin_password parameter. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
2) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9572)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
MantisBT before 1.2.19 and 1.3.x before 1.3.0-beta.2 does not properly restrict access to /*/install.php, which allows remote attackers to obtain database credentials via the install parameter with the value 4.
3) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9573)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via the MANTIS_MANAGE_USERS_COOKIE cookie. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.