National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-4106

Overview

WordPress before 2.6.2 does not properly handle MySQL warnings about insertion of username strings that exceed the maximum column width of the user_login column, and does not properly handle space characters when comparing usernames, which allows remote attackers to change an arbitrary user's password to a random value by registering a similar username and then requesting a password reset, related to a "SQL column truncation vulnerability." NOTE: the attacker can discover the random password by also exploiting CVE-2008-4107.

Impact

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2008-7902

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00629.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2008-7760

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00607.html

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/18/mysql-and-sql-column-truncation-vulnerabilities/

Hyperlink:http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/18/mysql-and-sql-column-truncation-vulnerabilities/

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-05.txt

Hyperlink:http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-05.txt

External Source: BID

Name: 31068

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31068

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20080911 Advisory 05/2008: Wordpress user_login Column SQL Truncation Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/496287/100/0/threaded

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20080911 CVE request: wordpress < 2.6.2

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/11/6

External Source: MILW0RM

Name: 6421

Hyperlink:http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/6421

External Source: MILW0RM

Name: 6397

Hyperlink:http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/6397

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2553

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2553

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1871

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1020869

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1020869

External Source: SREASON

Name: 4272

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4272

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31870

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31870

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31737

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31737

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20080916 Re: CVE request: wordpress < 2.6.2

Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152830017099&w=2