CVE-2010-4568 Weak cryptography in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Insufficient randomness in cookie and token generation allows remote attackers to hijack arbitrary user accounts in Bugzilla.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2010-4568?

CVE-2010-4568 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Bugzilla, published on 28 Jan 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Bugzilla 2.14 through 2.22.7; 3.0.x, 3.1.x, and 3.2.x before 3.2.10; 3.4.x before 3.4.10; 3.6.x before 3.6.4; and 4.0.x before 4.0rc2 does not properly generate random values for cookies and tokens, which allows remote attackers to obtain access to arbitrary accounts via unspecified vectors, related to an insufficient number of calls to the srand function.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4568?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Bugzilla.

How do I fix CVE-2010-4568?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2010-4568 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4568 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Mozilla Bugzilla vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-qrp2-qxjh-p3w7.

Is CVE-2010-4568 in your software?

Upload an SBOM and sbomify checks it against every vulnerability here, every day.

Check your SBOMs for free