Bug 904120 (CVE-2013-0235)

Summary:	CVE-2013-0235 wordpress: Server-side request forgery and remote port scanning using pingbacks
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	fedora, gwync, vdanen
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	WordPress 3.5.1	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Bug Depends On:	904124, 904125
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2013-01-25 14:00:38 UTC

From WordPress upstream v3.5.1 advisory [1]:
* A server-side request forgery vulnerability and remote port scanning using pingbacks. This vulnerability, which could potentially be used to expose information and compromise a site, affects all previous WordPress versions. This was fixed by the WordPress security team. We’d like to thank security researchers Gennady Kovshenin and Ryan Dewhurst for reviewing our work.

References:
[1] http://wordpress.org/news/2013/01/wordpress-3-5-1/
[2] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/25/7

Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2013-01-25 14:03:42 UTC

This issue affects the versions of the wordpress package, as shipped with Fedora release of 16, 17, and 18. Please schedule an update.

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This issue affects the versions of the wordpress package, as shipped with Fedora EPEL 5 and Fedora EPEL 6. Please schedule an update.

Comment 2 Jan Lieskovsky 2013-01-25 14:10:12 UTC

Created wordpress tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-all [bug 904124]
Affects: epel-all [bug 904125]

Comment 3 Jan Lieskovsky 2013-01-28 09:29:13 UTC

*** Bug 904276 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Jan Lieskovsky 2013-01-29 10:09:59 UTC

The CVE identifier of CVE-2013-0235 has been assigned to this issue:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/29/7

Comment 5 Jan Lieskovsky 2013-01-29 10:11:05 UTC

Further references:
  http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/23330
  http://www.acunetix.com/blog/web-security-zone/wordpress-pingback-vulnerability/

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2013-02-10 04:25:36 UTC

wordpress-3.5.1-1.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2013-02-10 04:44:35 UTC

wordpress-3.5.1-1.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2013-02-27 18:01:40 UTC

wordpress-3.5.1-2.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2013-02-27 18:05:14 UTC

wordpress-3.5.1-2.el5 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 5 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.