CVE - CVE-2008-5688

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-5688	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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FEDORA:FEDORA-2008-11688 URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2008-11802 URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01309.html MISC:http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgShowExceptionDetails MLIST:[mediawiki-announce] 20081215 MediaWiki 1.13.3, 1.12.2, 1.6.11 security update URL:http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html SECUNIA:33349 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/33349
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20081219	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20081219)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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