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title: "CVE-2012-4393\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-4393

Publication date 5 September 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

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in ownCloud
before 4.0.6 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of
arbitrary users for requests that use (1) addBookmark.php, (2)
delBookmark.php, or (3) editBookmark.php in bookmarks/ajax/; (4)
calendar/delete.php, (5) calendar/edit.php, (6) calendar/new.php, (7)
calendar/update.php, (8) event/delete.php, (9) event/edit.php, (10)
event/move.php, (11) event/new.php, (12) import/import.php, (13)
settings/setfirstday.php, (14) settings/settimeformat.php, (15)
share/changepermission.php, (16) share/share.php, (17) or share/unshare.php
in calendar/ajax/; (18) external/ajax/setsites.php, (19)
files/ajax/delete.php, (20) files/ajax/move.php, (21)
files/ajax/newfile.php, (22) files/ajax/newfolder.php, (23)
files/ajax/rename.php, (24) files\_sharing/ajax/email.php, (25)
files\_sharing/ajax/setpermissions.php, (26) files\_sharing/ajax/share.php,
(27) files\_sharing/ajax/toggleresharing.php, (28)
files\_sharing/ajax/togglesharewitheveryone.php, (29)
files\_sharing/ajax/unshare.php, (30) files\_texteditor/ajax/savefile.php,
(31) files\_versions/ajax/rollbackVersion.php, (32)
gallery/ajax/createAlbum.php, (33) gallery/ajax/sharing.php, (34)
tasks/ajax/addtask.php, (35) tasks/ajax/addtaskform.php, (36)
tasks/ajax/delete.php, or (37) tasks/ajax/edittask.php in apps/; or
administrators for requests that use (38) changepassword.php, (39)
creategroup.php, (40) createuser.php, (41) disableapp.php, (42)
enableapp.php, (43) lostpassword.php, (44) removegroup.php, (45)
removeuser.php, (46) setlanguage.php, (47) setloglevel.php, (48)
setquota.php, or (49) togglegroups.php in settings/ajax/.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4393?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| owncloud | 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 | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4393?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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

owncloud packages in Ubuntu are now empty

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| owncloud | * Upstream:   [9605e19](https://github.com/owncloud/core/commit/9605e1926c6081e88326bf78a02c1d1b83126c4f) * Upstream:   [38271de](https://github.com/owncloud/core/commit/38271ded753bc9ea9943cef3c2706f8d71f3a58f) * Upstream:   [93579d8](https://github.com/owncloud/core/commit/93579d88dcea389205c01ddf6da41f37ad9b8745) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4393)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4393)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-4393)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4393)

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/01>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4393>
