CVE-2008-5687

NameCVE-2008-5687
DescriptionMediaWiki 1.11, and other versions before 1.13.3, does not properly protect against the download of backups of deleted images, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via requests for files in images/deleted/.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDTSA-186-1

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
bullseye1:1.35.13-1~deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)1:1.35.13-1+deb11u2fixed
bookworm1:1.39.5-1~deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)1:1.39.7-1~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie1:1.39.7-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
mediawikisourceetch(not affected)
mediawikisourcelenny1:1.12.0-2lenny2DTSA-186-1
mediawikisource(unstable)1:1.13.3-1low
mediawiki1.7sourceetch(not affected)
mediawiki1.7source(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

[etch] - mediawiki1.7 <not-affected> (The backup feature was introduced in 1.11)
[etch] - mediawiki <not-affected> (metapackage)

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