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title: "CVE-2012-4747\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-4747

Publication date 4 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

Bugzilla 2.x and 3.x through 3.6.11, 3.7.x and 4.0.x before 4.0.8, 4.1.x
and 4.2.x before 4.2.3, and 4.3.x before 4.3.3 stores potentially sensitive
information under the web root with insufficient access control, which
allows remote attackers to read (1) template (aka .tmpl) files, (2) other
custom extension files under extensions/, or (3) custom documentation files
under docs/ via a direct request.

## 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 |
| 11.04 natty | 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-2012-4747)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4747)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-4747)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4747)

### Other references

* <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=785522>
* <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=785511>
* <http://www.bugzilla.org/security/3.6.10/>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4747>
