Bug 460416 (CVE-2008-3747)

Summary:	CVE-2008-3747 wordpress: insufficient SSL communication enforcement
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Tomas Hoger <thoger>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	adrian, john
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Description Tomas Hoger 2008-08-28 07:03:23 UTC

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2008-3747 to the following vulnerability:

The (1) get_edit_post_link and (2) get_edit_comment_link functions in
wp-includes/link-template.php in WordPress before 2.6.1 do not force
SSL communication in the intended situations, which might allow remote
attackers to gain administrative access by sniffing the network for a
cookie.

Upstream bug report:
http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7359

References:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/19/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/20/3

Fixed upstream in: 2.6.1

Comment 1 Adrian Reber 2008-08-28 20:08:27 UTC

I am working on it for F-9, F-8 and EL-5.

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2008-08-29 06:52:24 UTC

wordpress-2.6.1-1.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/wordpress-2.6.1-1.fc9

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2008-08-29 20:14:14 UTC

wordpress-2.6.1-1.fc8 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 8.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/wordpress-2.6.1-1.fc8

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2008-09-05 12:22:01 UTC

wordpress-2.6.1-1.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2008-09-10 06:55:57 UTC

wordpress-2.6.1-1.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2008-09-10 07:24:40 UTC

wordpress-2.6.1-1.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.