First published: Fri Apr 27 2012(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Mozilla Bugzilla | =3.5.1 | |
Mozilla Bugzilla | =3.5.2 | |
Mozilla Bugzilla | =3.5.3 | |
Mozilla Bugzilla | =3.6.0 | |
Mozilla Bugzilla | =3.6.1 | |
Mozilla Bugzilla | =3.6.2 | |
Mozilla Bugzilla | =3.6.3 | |
Mozilla Bugzilla | =3.6.4 | |
Mozilla Bugzilla | =3.6.5 | |
Mozilla Bugzilla | =3.6.6 | |
Mozilla Bugzilla | =3.6.7 | |
Mozilla Bugzilla | =3.6.8 | |
Mozilla Bugzilla | =3.7.1 | |
Mozilla Bugzilla | =3.7.2 | |
Mozilla Bugzilla | =3.7.3 | |
Mozilla Bugzilla | =4.0.1 | |
Mozilla Bugzilla | =4.0.2 | |
Mozilla Bugzilla | =4.0.3 | |
Mozilla Bugzilla | =4.0.4 | |
Mozilla Bugzilla | =4.0.5 | |
Mozilla Bugzilla | =4.1.1 | |
Mozilla Bugzilla | =4.1.2 | |
Mozilla Bugzilla | =4.1.3 | |
Mozilla Bugzilla | =4.2 | |
Mozilla Bugzilla | =4.2-rc1 | |
Mozilla Bugzilla | =4.2-rc2 |
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CVE-2012-0465 is considered a medium severity vulnerability due to the potential for authentication bypass.
To mitigate CVE-2012-0465, upgrade Bugzilla to version 3.6.9, 4.0.6, or 4.2.1 or later.
CVE-2012-0465 affects Bugzilla versions 3.5.x up to 3.5.8, 3.6.x up to 3.6.8, 3.7.x, and 4.0.x up to 4.0.5.
CVE-2012-0465 allows remote attackers to bypass lockout policies, compromising account security.
Yes, CVE-2012-0465 occurs when the inbound_proxies option is enabled in Bugzilla's configuration.