Vulnerability CVE-2008-5688 - CERT Civis.Net

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2008-5688 (CCN-47679)

Assigned:

2008-12-15

Published:

2008-12-15

Updated:

2009-02-18

Summary:

MediaWiki 1.8.1, and other versions before 1.13.3, when the wgShowExceptionDetails variable is enabled, sometimes provides the full installation path in a debugging message, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified requests that trigger an uncaught exception.

CVSS v3 Severity:

5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Low Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): None

CVSS v2 Severity:

4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
3.7 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:H/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): None

4.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
3.7 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:H/RL:OF/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): None

Vulnerability Type:

Vulnerability Consequences:

Obtain Information

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2008-5688

Source: CCN
Type: MediaWiki-announce Mailing List, Mon Dec 15 11:09:28 UTC 2008
MediaWiki 1.13.3, 1.12.2, 1.6.11 security update

Source: MLIST
Type: Vendor Advisory
[mediawiki-announce] 20081215 MediaWiki 1.13.3, 1.12.2, 1.6.11 security update

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Vendor Advisory
33349

Source: MISC
Type: UNKNOWN
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgShowExceptionDetails

Source: CCN
Type: MediaWiki Web site
MediaWiki

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 51480
MediaWiki wgShowExceptionDetails Function Debug Message Path Disclosure

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
mediawiki-wgshowexception-path-disclosure(47679)

Source: FEDORA
Type: UNKNOWN
FEDORA-2008-11688

Source: FEDORA
Type: UNKNOWN
FEDORA-2008-11802

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.10.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.10.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.11:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.12.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.13.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.13.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable