# CVE-2010-4568: Weak cryptography in n/a

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

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 28 Jan 2011
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qrp2-qxjh-p3w7

## 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: 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.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-4568 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4568 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-2010-4568/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4568/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4568
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4568
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-4568

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