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title: "CVE-2011-0537\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2011-0537

Publication date 4 February 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

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## Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in (1) languages/Language.php
and (2) includes/StubObject.php in MediaWiki 1.8.0 and other versions
before 1.16.2, when running on Windows and possibly Novell Netware, allow
remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local PHP files via
vectors related to a crafted language file and the Language::factory
function.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mediawiki | 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.10 maverick | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 9.10 karmic | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| 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)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0537)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0537)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-0537)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-0537)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-0537>