Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 8, 2005· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2005-2173
CVE-2005-2173
Description
The Flag::validate and Flag::modify functions in Bugzilla 2.17.1 to 2.18.1 and 2.19.1 to 2.19.3 do not verify that the flag ID is appropriate for the given bug or attachment ID, which allows users to change flags on arbitrary bugs and obtain a bug summary via process_bug.cgi.
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Affected products
16cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 14 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.17.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.17.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.17.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.17.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.17.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.18:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.18:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.18:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.19.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.19.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.19.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: 2.17.1 to 2.18.1 and 2.19.1 to 2.19.3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
No source-code context for this CVE — mechanics is only generated when we can read the actual fix diff. Without that, the four sections (root cause, attack vector, affected code, fix) would be speculation rather than analysis.
References
3- www.bugzilla.org/security/2.18.1/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdPatch
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
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