CVE-2012-1576 Auth bypass in n/a
Remote attackers can access other user accounts or crash the daemon by logging in as a deleted user due to improper cleanup of CertFP entries.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-1576?
CVE-2012-1576 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Oct 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The myuser_delete function in libathemecore/account.c in Atheme 5.x before 5.2.7, 6.x before 6.0.10, and 7.x before 7.0.0-beta2 does not properly clean up CertFP entries when a user is deleted, which allows remote attackers to access a different user account or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a login as a deleted user.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-1576?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Atheme Atheme.
How do I fix CVE-2012-1576?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-1576 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2012-1576 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-1576 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rqr9-cc3p-3j3h.