This page tracks the Debian fix status. The vulnerability itself is described on the main CVE page.
View CVE-2015-8623 →
DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8623
The User::matchEditToken function in includes/User.php in MediaWiki before 1.23.12 and 1.24.x before 1.24.5 does not perform token comparison in const...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
The User::matchEditToken function in includes/User.php in MediaWiki before 1.23.12 and 1.24.x before 1.24.5 does not perform token comparison in constant time before returning, which allows remote attackers to guess the edit token and bypass CSRF protection via a timing attack, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8624.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
mediawiki
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:1.25.5-1"}]}]
Debian:13
mediawiki
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:1.25.5-1"}]}]
Debian:14
mediawiki
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:1.25.5-1"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org