Description
api.php in MediaWiki before 1.15.5 does not prevent use of public caching headers for private data, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and obtain sensitive information by retrieving documents from an HTTP proxy cache that has been used by a victim.
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
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058588.html ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620226 ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/059235.html ↗
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/29/4 ↗
- http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki?view=revision&revision=69776 ↗
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24565 ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058910.html ↗
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2010-July/000092.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42019 ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/059232.html ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620224 ↗