CVE-2024-26578: Apache Answer: Repeated submission at registration created duplicate users with the same name

[Enxin Xie <linkinstar () apache org>]

Severity: moderate

Affected versions:

- Apache Answer through 1.2.1

Description:

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') vulnerability in Apache 
Answer.This issue affects Apache Answer: through 1.2.1.

Repeated submission during registration resulted in the registration of the same user. When users register, if they 
rapidly submit multiple registrations using scripts, it can result in the creation of multiple user accounts 
simultaneously with the same name.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version [1.2.5], which fixes the issue.

Credit:

Mohammad Reza Omrani (reporter)

References:

https://answer.incubator.apache.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-26578