CVE-2012-2055

HIGH7.5

GitHub Enterprise before 20120304 does not properly restrict the use of a hash to provide values for a model's attributes, which allows remote attackers to set the public_key[user_id] value via a modified URL for the public-key update form, related to a "mass assignment" vulnerability

Published Apr 4, 2012

Modified 1 years ago

No fix available

Details

GitHub Enterprise before 20120304 does not properly restrict the use of a hash to provide values for a model's attributes, which allows remote attackers to set the public_key[user_id] value via a modified URL for the public-key update form, related to a "mass assignment" vulnerability.

References

WEBhttp://homakov.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to.html WEBhttp://lwn.net/Articles/488702/WEBhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74812 WEBhttps://github.com/blog/1068-public-key-security-vulnerability-and-mitigation ADVISORYhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2055

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

7.5

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

NoneA:N

7.5/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedApr 4, 2012

ModifiedAug 6, 2024