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ubuntu-cve-2012-4379

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2017-10-19 21:29

Modified

2025-07-16 04:50

Summary

Details

MediaWiki before 1.18.5, and 1.19.x before 1.19.2 does not send a restrictive X-Frame-Options HTTP header, which allows remote attackers to conduct clickjacking attacks via an embedded API response in an IFRAME element.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4379	REPORT
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4379	REPORT

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    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "mediawiki",
            "binary_version": "1:1.19.14+dfsg-1"
          },
          {
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            "binary_version": "1:1.19.14+dfsg-1"
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        ]
      },
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      },
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        "1:1.19.8+dfsg-2",
        "1:1.19.8+dfsg-2.1",
        "1:1.19.8+dfsg-2.2",
        "1:1.19.9+dfsg-2",
        "1:1.19.10+dfsg-1",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
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  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4379",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:50:08Z",
  "published": "2017-10-19T21:29:00Z",
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    },
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    }
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
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    },
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  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:42:47Z"
}

CVE-2012-4379 (GCVE-0-2012-4379)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-10-19 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:35

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41180	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-a…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853426	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/0…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug…	x_refsource_MISC

Date Public

2012-08-31 00:00

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2012-4379 (GCVE-0-2012-4379)

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