CVE-2012-4198 (GCVE-0-2012-4198)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-11-16 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:28
VLAI?
Summary
The User.get method in Bugzilla/WebService/User.pm in Bugzilla 3.7.x and 4.0.x before 4.0.9, 4.1.x and 4.2.x before 4.2.4, and 4.3.x and 4.4.x before 4.4rc1 has a different outcome for a groups request depending on whether a group exists, which allows remote authenticated users to discover private group names by observing whether a call throws an error.
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