GitHub GitHub Enterprise up to 20120302 credentials management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in GitHub GitHub Enterprise up to 20120302 (Bug Tracking Software). This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-255. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was presented 04/05/2012 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-2055 since 04/04/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1552 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 20120303 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
ATT&CK: T1552

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: GitHub Enterprise 20120303

Timelineinfo

04/04/2012 🔍
04/05/2012 +1 days 🔍
04/05/2012 +0 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +1082 days 🔍
12/01/2021 +2445 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-2055 (🔍)
X-Force: 74812

Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 12/01/2021 04:50
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (43), 01/10/2018 08:12 (6), 12/01/2021 04:38 (3), 12/01/2021 04:50 (1)
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