# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Feb 2009
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r4gm-vpf3-q479

## 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 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-0486?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

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- [CVE-2004-0769](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0769/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2003-1042](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1042/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2003-1043](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1043/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2002-0007](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-0007/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2018-5123](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5123/): Cross-site request forgery in Bugzilla (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2009-0486 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-0486 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Mozilla Bugzilla. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-0486/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-0486/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0486
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0486
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-0486

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