CVE-2015-6727 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2015-6727?

CVE-2015-6727 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 1 Sep 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Special:DeletedContributions page in MediaWiki before 1.23.10, 1.24.x before 1.24.3, and 1.25.x before 1.25.2 allows remote attackers to determine if an IP is autoblocked via the "Change block" text.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6727?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Mediawiki Mediawiki.

How do I fix CVE-2015-6727?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-6727 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6727 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-6727, GHSA-v8xm-gjch-p94q.