SB2025060835 - Race condition in Zope



SB2025060835 - Race condition in Zope

Published: June 8, 2025 Updated: June 17, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025060835
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5507)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

AccessControl/AuthEncoding.py in Zope before 2.13.19, as used in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1, allows remote attackers to obtain passwords via vectors involving timing discrepancies in password validation.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.