# CVE-2014-1571: Information disclosure in n/a

> Authenticated users with flag recipient roles can access sensitive private comment information in Bugzilla.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 13 Oct 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rcrm-4q59-vjfh

## What is CVE-2014-1571?

CVE-2014-1571 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 13 Oct 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Bugzilla 2.x through 4.0.x before 4.0.15, 4.1.x and 4.2.x before 4.2.11, 4.3.x and 4.4.x before 4.4.6, and 4.5.x before 4.5.6 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive private-comment information by leveraging a role as a flag recipient, related to Bug.pm, Flag.pm, and a mail template.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1571?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Fedoraproject Fedora, Mozilla Bugzilla.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-1571?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2014-1571 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1571 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-1571 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-1571 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 13 Oct 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1571 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fedoraproject Fedora. 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-2014-1571/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-1571/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1571
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1571
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-1571

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-1571/
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