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title: "CVE-2005-2173\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2005-2173

Publication date 8 July 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| bugzilla | 7.04 feisty | Not affected |
| 6.10 edgy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2173)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2173)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2005-2173)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2173)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2173>