Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Bugzilla - CVE-2012-0465

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Bugzilla - CVE-2012-0465

Published: April 27, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU44122
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0465
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Mozilla
Affected software:
Bugzilla

Detailed vulnerability description

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

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2012-0465

Install update from vendor's website.

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