# CVE-2012-1969: Information disclosure in n/a

> Remote attackers can view private attachment descriptions in public comments due to missing access checks in Bugzilla.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Jul 2012
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qjf6-f5hw-69vh

## What is CVE-2012-1969?

CVE-2012-1969 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Bugzilla, published on 28 Jul 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The get_attachment_link function in Template.pm in Bugzilla 2.x and 3.x before 3.6.10, 3.7.x and 4.0.x before 4.0.7, 4.1.x and 4.2.x before 4.2.2, and 4.3.x before 4.3.2 does not check whether an attachment is private before presenting the attachment description within a public comment, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive description information by reading a comment.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-1969?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mozilla Bugzilla.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-1969?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-1969 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2012-1969 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-1969 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-1969 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-1969 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Bugzilla, published on 28 Jul 2012. 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-2012-1969 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-2012-1969/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-1969/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1969
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1969
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-1969

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