CVE-2009-0486 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Remote attackers can bypass CSRF protections in Bugzilla running under mod_perl to perform unauthorized actions as other users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2009-0486?
CVE-2009-0486 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Bugzilla, published on 9 Feb 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Bugzilla 3.2.1, 3.0.7, and 3.3.2, when running under mod_perl, calls the srand function at startup time, which causes Apache children to have the same seed and produce insufficiently random numbers for random tokens, which allows remote attackers to bypass cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection mechanisms and conduct unauthorized activities as other users.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-0486?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mozilla Bugzilla.
How do I fix CVE-2009-0486?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-0486 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2009-0486 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-0486 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Bugzilla
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r4gm-vpf3-q479.