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title: "CVE-2012-2691\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2691?format=md
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# CVE-2012-2691

Publication date 17 June 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

The mc\_issue\_note\_update function in the SOAP API in MantisBT before 1.2.11
does not properly check privileges, which allows remote attackers with bug
reporting privileges to edit arbitrary bugnotes via a SOAP request.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mantis | 17.04 zesty | Not in release |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 15.04 vivid | Not in release |
| 14.10 utopic | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life |
| 11.04 natty | Fixed 1.1.8+dfsg-10squeeze2build0.11.04.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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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-2012-2691)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2691)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-2691)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2691)

### Other references

* <https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/edc8142bb8ac0ac0df1a3824d78c15f4015d959e>
* <https://github.com/mantisbt/mantisbt/commit/175d973105fe9f03a37ced537b742611631067e0>
* <http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/76180>
* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/11/6>
* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/09/1>
* <http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=14340>
* <http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/changelog_page.php?version_id=148>
* <http://secunia.com/advisories/49414>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2691>
