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title: "CVE-2008-5687\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-5687

Publication date 19 December 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

MediaWiki 1.11, and other versions before 1.13.3, does not properly protect
against the download of backups of deleted images, which might allow remote
attackers to obtain sensitive information via requests for files in
images/deleted/.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5687?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mediawiki | 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 1:1.12.0-2ubuntu0.2 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1:1.11.2-2ubuntu0.2 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

from debian: the CVE id description is wrong, this is fixed in 1.13.3

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5687)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5687)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-5687)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5687)

### Other references

* <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5687>