Bug 460416 (CVE-2008-3747) - CVE-2008-3747 wordpress: insufficient SSL communication enforcement
Summary: CVE-2008-3747 wordpress: insufficient SSL communication enforcement
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2008-3747
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-08-28 07:03 UTC by Tomas Hoger
Modified: 2010-03-29 11:12 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2010-03-29 11:12:21 UTC
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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.
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