Candidate: CVE-2015-8626
PublicDate: 2017-03-23 20:59:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8626
 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T115522
Description:
 The User::randomPassword function in MediaWiki before 1.23.12, 1.24.x
 before 1.24.5, 1.25.x before 1.25.4, and 1.26.x before 1.26.1 generates
 passwords smaller than $wgMinimalPasswordLength, which makes it easier for
 remote attackers to obtain access via a brute-force attack.
Ubuntu-Description:
Notes:
Bugs:
Priority: medium
Discovered-by:
Assigned-to:
CVSS:
 nvd: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H [9.8 CRITICAL]

Patches_mediawiki:
upstream_mediawiki: released (1:1.25.5-1)
precise_mediawiki: ignored (reached end-of-life)
precise/esm_mediawiki: DNE (precise was needed)
trusty_mediawiki: ignored (reached end-of-life)
trusty/esm_mediawiki: DNE (trusty was needed)
vivid_mediawiki: ignored (reached end-of-life)
vivid/stable-phone-overlay_mediawiki: DNE
vivid/ubuntu-core_mediawiki: DNE
wily_mediawiki: ignored (reached end-of-life)
xenial_mediawiki: DNE
yakkety_mediawiki: ignored (reached end-of-life)
zesty_mediawiki: ignored (reached end-of-life)
artful_mediawiki: ignored (reached end-of-life)
bionic_mediawiki: not-affected (1:1.27.4-3)
cosmic_mediawiki: not-affected (1:1.31.1-3)
disco_mediawiki: not-affected (1:1.31.1-3)
devel_mediawiki: not-affected (1:1.31.1-3)