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title: "CVE-2012-4189\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-4189

Publication date 16 November 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

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## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Bugzilla 4.1.x and 4.2.x before
4.2.4, and 4.3.x and 4.4.x before 4.4rc1, allows remote attackers to inject
arbitrary web script or HTML via a field value that is not properly handled
during construction of a tabular report, as demonstrated by the Version
field.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| bugzilla | 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 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 |
| 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-2012-4189)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4189)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-4189)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4189)

### Other references

* <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=790296>
* <http://www.bugzilla.org/security/3.6.11/>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4189>
