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title: "CVE-2014-2665\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-2665

Publication date 20 April 2014

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

includes/specials/SpecialChangePassword.php in MediaWiki before 1.19.14,
1.20.x and 1.21.x before 1.21.8, and 1.22.x before 1.22.5 does not properly
handle a correctly authenticated but unintended login attempt, which makes
it easier for remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information by
arranging for a victim to login to the attacker's account, as demonstrated
by tracking the victim's activity, related to a "login CSRF" issue.

## 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 | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | 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-2014-2665)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2665)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-2665)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2665)

### Other references

* <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62497>
* <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-March/000145.html>
* <http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/01/7>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2665>
