Description
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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01309.html ↗
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html ↗
- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:%24wgShowExceptionDetails ↗
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33349 ↗