CVE-2008-5688: Infoleak
First published: Fri Dec 19 2008(Updated: )
MediaWiki 1.8.1, and other versions before 1.13.3, when the wgShowExceptionDetails variable is enabled, sometimes provides the full installation path in a debugging message, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified requests that trigger an uncaught exception.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.8.1 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.8.2 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.8.3 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.8.4 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.8.5 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.9.0 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.9.1 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.9.2 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.9.3 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.9.4 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.9.5 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.9.6 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.10.0 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.10.0-rc1 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.10.0-rc2 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.10.1 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.10.2 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.10.3 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.10.4 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.11 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.11-rc1 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.11.1 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.11.2 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.12.0 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.12.0-rc1 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.12.1 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.12.2 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.12.3 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.13.0 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.13.0-rc1 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.13.0-rc2 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.13.1 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.13.2 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgShowExceptionDetails
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33349
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01309.html
- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:%24wgShowExceptionDetails
- agent/references
- agent/author
- agent/type
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/first-publish-date
- collector/nvd-api
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- collector/nvd-index
- collector/nvd-historical
- agent/weakness
- agent/severity
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/tags
- agent/description
- agent/event
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/mediawiki
- canonical/mediawiki mediawiki
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.8.1
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.8.2
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.8.3
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.8.4
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.8.5
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.9.0
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.9.1
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.9.2
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.9.3
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.9.4
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.9.5
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.9.6
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.10.0
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.10.0-rc1
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.10.0-rc2
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.10.1
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.10.2
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.10.3
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.10.4
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.11
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.11-rc1
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.11.1
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.11.2
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.12.0
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.12.0-rc1
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.12.1
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.12.2
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.12.3
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.13.0
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.13.0-rc1
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.13.0-rc2
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.13.1
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.13.2