CVE-2012-1581
First published: Sun Sep 09 2012(Updated: )
MediaWiki 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 uses weak random numbers for password reset tokens, which makes it easier for remote attackers to change the passwords of arbitrary users.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.17 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.17-beta_1 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.17.0 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.17.0-rc1 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.17.1 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.17.2 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.18 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.18-beta_1 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.18.0 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.18.0-rc1 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.18.1 |
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Reference Links
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000109.html
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48504
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/22/9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/24/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52689
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35078
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78910
- agent/weakness
- agent/severity
- agent/references
- agent/author
- agent/description
- agent/type
- agent/event
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/tags
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- vendor/mediawiki
- canonical/mediawiki mediawiki
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.17
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.17-beta_1
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.17.0
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.17.0-rc1
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.17.1
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.17.2
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.18
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.18-beta_1
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.18.0
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.18.0-rc1
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.18.1