CVE-2012-2770 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Authen::ExternalAuth extension before 0.11 for Best Practical Solutions RT allows remote attackers to obtain a logged-in session via unspecified vectors related to the "URL of a RSS feed of the user."

Published: 2012-08-15

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mike_peachey:authen\:\:externalauth::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mike_peachey:authen\:\:externalauth:0.05:::::::*

cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-2750	The Authen::ExternalAuth extension before 0.11 for Best Practical Solutions RT allows remote attackers to obtain a logged-in session via unspecified vectors related to the "URL of a RSS feed of the user."

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00336.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2012-July/000208.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/50060
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54681
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77213

History

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Subscriptions

Bestpractical Rt

Mike Peachey Authen\

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-08-15T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:42:32.427Z

Reserved: 2012-05-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-2770

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-08-15T21:55:01.727

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-2770

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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