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CVE-2017-8810 - log back

CVE-2017-8810 created at 25 Sep 2019 19:31:40
Severity	+ Low
Remote	+ Remote
Type	+ Information disclosure
Description	+ MediaWiki before 1.27.4, 1.28.x before 1.28.3, and 1.29.x before 1.29.2, when a private wiki is configured, provides different error messages for failed login attempts depending on whether the username exists, which allows remote attackers to enumerate account names and conduct brute-force attacks via a series of requests.
References	+ https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2017-November/000216.html + https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T134100 + https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki/commit/e7ea90509c73c60b665b8f63e3bb95b1adfec78c
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