Bug 1085858 – CVE-2014-0166 wordpress: authentication bypass via forged cookies

Bug 1085858 - (CVE-2014-0166) CVE-2014-0166 wordpress: authentication bypass via forged cookies

Summary:	CVE-2014-0166 wordpress: authentication bypass via forged cookies

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2014-0166

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Assigned To:	Red Hat Product Security
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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1085861 1085862
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Reported:	2014-04-09 10:20 EDT by Murray McAllister
Modified:	2016-07-05 10:41 EDT (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	wordpress 3.8.2
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2016-07-05 10:41:34 EDT
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Description Murray McAllister 2014-04-09 10:20:08 EDT

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 10:21:24 EDT

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 11:49:09 EDT

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 03:28:15 EDT

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 11:27:43 EDT

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 11:29:38 EDT

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.

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