UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4381

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4381
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2012/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4381.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4381
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:42:47Z
Published
2020-02-08T18:15:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:10:36.777636Z
Severity
  • 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

MediaWiki before 1.18.5, and 1.19.x before 1.19.2 saves passwords in the local database, (1) which could make it easier for context-dependent attackers to obtain cleartext passwords via a brute-force attack or, (2) when an authentication plugin returns a false in the strict function, could allow remote attackers to use old passwords for non-existing accounts in an external authentication system via unspecified vectors.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / mediawiki

Package

Name
mediawiki
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mediawiki@1:1.19.14+dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.19.14+dfsg-1

Affected versions

1:1.*
1:1.19.8+dfsg-1
1:1.19.8+dfsg-2
1:1.19.8+dfsg-2.1
1:1.19.8+dfsg-2.2
1:1.19.9+dfsg-2
1:1.19.10+dfsg-1
1:1.19.11+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.19.14+dfsg-1",
            "binary_name": "mediawiki"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:1.19.14+dfsg-1",
            "binary_name": "mediawiki-classes"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2012/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4381.json"