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title: "CVE-2012-4197\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-4197

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

Bugzilla/Attachment.pm in attachment.cgi in Bugzilla 2.x and 3.x before
3.6.12, 3.7.x and 4.0.x before 4.0.9, 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 read attachment
descriptions from private bugs via an obsolete=1 insert action.

## 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-2012-4197)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4197)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-4197)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4197)

### Other references

* <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=802204>
* <http://www.bugzilla.org/security/3.6.11/>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4197>
