Information Exposure Affecting mediawiki package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.31% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-MEDIAWIKI-370476
  • published9 Nov 2015
  • disclosed9 Nov 2015

Introduced: 9 Nov 2015

CVE-2015-8005  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:14.04 mediawiki.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mediawiki package and not the mediawiki package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

MediaWiki before 1.23.11, 1.24.x before 1.24.4, and 1.25.x before 1.25.3 uses the thumbnail ImageMagick command line argument, which allows remote attackers to obtain the installation path by reading the metadata of a PNG thumbnail file.

CVSS Scores

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