Bug 1085858 (CVE-2014-0166)

Summary:	CVE-2014-0166 wordpress: authentication bypass via forged cookies
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Murray McAllister <mmcallis>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	unspecified	CC:	fedora, gwync
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	wordpress 3.8.2	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Bug Depends On:	1085861, 1085862
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Description Murray McAllister 2014-04-09 14:20:08 UTC

WordPress 3.8.2 has been released and fixes an that could allow authentication to be bypassed:

"This releases fixes a weakness that could let an attacker force their way into your site by forging authentication cookies."

"Potential authentication cookie forgery. CVE-2014-0166."

References:

http://wordpress.org/news/2014/04/wordpress-3-8-2/
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.8.2

Comment 1 Murray McAllister 2014-04-09 14:21:24 UTC

Created wordpress tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1085861]
Affects: epel-all [bug 1085862]

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2014-04-15 15:49:09 UTC

wordpress-3.8.2-1.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2014-04-24 07:28:15 UTC

wordpress-3.8.3-1.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2014-05-03 15:27:43 UTC

wordpress-3.8.3-1.el5 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 5 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2014-05-03 15:29:38 UTC

wordpress-3.8.3-1.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.