cve-2012-4381
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-02-08 17:50
Modified
2024-08-06 20:35
Severity ?
Summary
MediaWiki before 1.18.5, and 1.19.x before 1.19.2 saves passwords in the local database, (1) which could make it easier for context-dependent attackers to obtain cleartext passwords via a brute-force attack or, (2) when an authentication plugin returns a false in the strict function, could allow remote attackers to use old passwords for non-existing accounts in an external authentication system via unspecified vectors.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/85106Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/10Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686330Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853442Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.htmlPatch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41184Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/85106Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/10Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686330Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853442Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.htmlPatch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41184Patch, Vendor Advisory
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