cve-2012-2055
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-04-04 10:00
Modified
2024-08-06 19:17
Severity ?
Summary
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
cve@mitre.orghttp://homakov.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to.htmlIssue Tracking
cve@mitre.orghttp://lwn.net/Articles/488702/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74812Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/blog/1068-public-key-security-vulnerability-and-mitigationVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://homakov.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to.htmlIssue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lwn.net/Articles/488702/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74812Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/blog/1068-public-key-security-vulnerability-and-mitigationVendor Advisory
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