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Debian 8: DLA-1980-1 Critical: WordPress SSRF and Content Exposure

debian lts
Calendar Grey November 5, 2019
Dist Debian Esm H88
Debian 8 sees a vital WordPress security patch addressing SSRF and potential content leaks. Ensure you upgrade today for enhanced security.
Several vulnerabilities in wordpress, a web blogging tool, have been fixed
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Summary

CVE-2019-17669

Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability because URL
validation does not consider the interpretation of a name as a
series of hex characters.

CVE-2019-17670

Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability was reported in
wp_validate_redirect(). Normalize the path when validating the
location for relative URLs.

CVE-2019-17671

Unauthenticated viewing of certain content (private or draft posts)
is possible because the static query property is mishandled.

CVE-2019-17675

Wordpress does not properly consider type confusion during
validation of the referer in the admin pages. This vulnerability
affects the check_admin_referer() WordPress function.

For Debian 8 "Jessie", these problems have been fixed in version
4.1.28+dfsg-0+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your wordpress packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be

Read the Full Advisory


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Package: wordpress
Version: 4.1.28+dfsg-0+deb8u1
CVE ID: CVE-2019-17669 CVE-2019-17670 CVE-2019-17671
Debian Bug: 942459

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security advisory update Debian web application wordpress SSRF content exposure

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