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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2901-1 (wordpress - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Wordpress, a web blogging tool. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2014-0165 A user with a contributor role, using a specially crafted request, can publish posts, which is reserved for users of the next-higher role. CVE-2014-0166 Jon Cave of the WordPress security team discovered that the wp_validate_auth_cookie function in wp-includes/pluggable.php does not properly determine the validity of authentication cookies, allowing a remote attacker to obtain access via a forged cookie.
Insight
Insight
WordPress is a full featured web blogging tool: * Instant publishing (no rebuilding) * Comment pingback support with spam protection * Non-crufty URLs * Themable * Plugin support
Affected Software
Affected Software
wordpress on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb6u2. For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb7u2. For the testing distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 3.8.2+dfsg-1. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 3.8.2+dfsg-1. We recommend that you upgrade your wordpress packages.