cvelist/2012/4xxx/CVE-2012-4381.json

{
    "CVE_data_meta": {
        "ASSIGNER": "secalert@redhat.com",
        "ID": "CVE-2012-4381",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
    },
    "data_format": "MITRE",
    "data_type": "CVE",
    "data_version": "4.0",
    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "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."
            }
        ]
    },
    "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "Password"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
                {
                    "vendor_name": "n/a",
                    "product": {
                        "product_data": [
                            {
                                "product_name": "MediaWiki",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "before 1.18.5"
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "1.19.x before 1.19.2"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686330",
                "url": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686330"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.html",
                "url": "https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.html"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6",
                "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/10",
                "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/10"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853442",
                "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853442"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41184",
                "url": "https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41184"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/85106",
                "url": "http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/85106"
            }
        ]
    }
}