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title: "CVE-2012-5665\n    | Ubuntu"
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5665?format=md
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# CVE-2012-5665

Publication date 3 January 2013

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

ownCloud 4.0.x before 4.0.10 and 4.5.x before 4.5.5 does not properly
restrict access to settings.php, which allows remote attackers to edit app
configurations of user\_webdavauth and user\_ldap by editing this file.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5665?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 | Ignored end of life |
| 13.04 raring | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | 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-2012-5665?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:   [b24c929](https://github.com/owncloud/core/commit/b24c929cc0) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5665)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5665)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-5665)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5665)

### Other references

* <http://owncloud.org/security/advisories/oc-sa-2012-006/>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5665>