CVE-2012-5507 Plone and Zope2 affected by Race Condition

What is CVE-2012-5507?

CVE-2012-5507 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Plone Plone, published on 30 Sep 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

AccessControl/AuthEncoding.py in Zope before 2.13.19, as used in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1, allows remote attackers to obtain passwords via vectors involving timing discrepancies in password validation.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-5507?

8 open source packages ship an affected version, including plone, Plone and Zope2. It affects 2 products.

Products include Plone Plone, Zope Zope.

How do I fix CVE-2012-5507?

Upgrade plone to a fixed version for your release line: 4.2.3 or 4.3b1.

Is CVE-2012-5507 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5507 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-3qpr-7rmg-73v8, PYSEC-2014-49, PYSEC-2014-75.