--- title: "CVE-2014-1572\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1572?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2014-1572 Publication date 13 October 2014 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description The confirm\_create\_account function in the account-creation feature in token.cgi in Bugzilla 2.x through 4.0.x before 4.0.15, 4.1.x and 4.2.x before 4.2.11, 4.3.x and 4.4.x before 4.4.6, and 4.5.x before 4.5.6 does not specify a scalar context for the realname parameter, which allows remote attackers to create accounts with unverified e-mail addresses by sending three realname values with realname=login\_name as the second, as demonstrated by selecting an e-mail address with a domain name for which group privileges are automatically granted. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | bugzilla | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | | 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life | --- * [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-2014-1572) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1572) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-1572) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1572) ### Other references * *