CVE-2017-8810

NameCVE-2017-8810
DescriptionMediaWiki before 1.27.4, 1.28.x before 1.28.3, and 1.29.x before 1.29.2, when a private wiki is configured, provides different error messages for failed login attempts depending on whether the username exists, which allows remote attackers to enumerate account names and conduct brute-force attacks via a series of requests.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-4036-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
mediawiki (PTS)buster1:1.31.16-1+deb10u2fixed
buster (security)1:1.31.16-1+deb10u7fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye1:1.35.13-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)1:1.39.5-1~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie1:1.39.6-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
mediawikisourcewheezy(unfixed)end-of-life
mediawikisourcestretch1:1.27.4-1~deb9u1DSA-4036-1
mediawikisource(unstable)1:1.27.4-1

Notes

[wheezy] - mediawiki <end-of-life> (Not supported in wheezy LTS)
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2017-November/000216.html
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T134100

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