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title: "CVE-2012-0440\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-0440

Publication date 2 February 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

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

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## Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in jsonrpc.cgi in Bugzilla
3.5.x and 3.6.x before 3.6.8, 3.7.x and 4.0.x before 4.0.4, and 4.1.x and
4.2.x before 4.2rc2 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of
arbitrary users for requests that use the JSON-RPC API.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-0440?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| bugzilla | 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.10 maverick | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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## Notes

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### [tyhicks](https://launchpad.net/~tyhicks)

marking it as low because I don't think the JSON-RPC API is
used much

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0440)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0440)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-0440)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0440)

### Other references

* <http://www.bugzilla.org/security/3.4.13/>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0440>