# CVE-2012-3359: Information disclosure in n/a

> Attackers can gain privileges by accessing the Base64 encoded session cookie containing user credentials in Red Hat Conga Luci.

- **Severity:** Low 3.7 (`AV:L/AC:H/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:** 30 Mar 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-865x-x787-2cjj, RHSA-2013:0128

## What is CVE-2012-3359?

CVE-2012-3359 is a low-severity vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 30 Mar 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Luci in Red Hat Conga stores the user's username and password in a Base64 encoded string in the __ac session cookie, which allows attackers to gain privileges by accessing this cookie.  NOTE: this issue has been SPLIT due to different vulnerability types. Use CVE-2013-7347 for the incorrect enforcement of a user timeout.

Weakness: CWE-255

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-3359?

It affects 2 products.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `conga` | Red Hat:rhel_cluster:5 | All versions | 0:0.12.2-64.el5 |
| `conga-debuginfo` | Red Hat:rhel_cluster:5 | All versions | 0:0.12.2-64.el5 |
| `luci` | Red Hat:rhel_cluster:5 | All versions | 0:0.12.2-64.el5 |
| `ricci` | Red Hat:rhel_cluster:5 | All versions | 0:0.12.2-64.el5 |

Products: Redhat Conga, Redhat Enterprise Linux.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-3359?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2012-3359 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3359 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Enterprise Linux

- [CVE-2014-3521](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3521/): Missing authorization in n/a (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2013-6496](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6496/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2007-4136](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-4136/): Denial of service in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2013-7347](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-7347/): Auth bypass in n/a (low 3.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-3359 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-3359 is a low-severity vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 30 Mar 2014. 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-2012-3359 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Redhat Enterprise 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-2012-3359/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3359/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3359
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3359
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-3359

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