CVE-2012-0843 Information disclosure in uzbl
Medium 5.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-0843 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2012-0843 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 19 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0843 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. 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-2012-0843/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-0843/index.md)
Local attackers can read sensitive cookie data from the world-readable storage file in the uzbl browser.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-0843?
CVE-2012-0843 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 19 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
uzbl: Information disclosure via world-readable cookies storage file
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0843?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Uzbl Uzbl.
How do I fix CVE-2012-0843?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-0843 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2012-0843 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0843 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hvvw-phv8-55v4.