CVE-2019-16394 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2019-16394?

CVE-2019-16394 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 17 Sep 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

SPIP before 3.1.11 and 3.2 before 3.2.5 provides different error messages from the password-reminder page depending on whether an e-mail address exists, which might help attackers to enumerate subscribers.

Weakness: CWE-203

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-16394?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Spip Spip.

How do I fix CVE-2019-16394?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2019-16394 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-16394 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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-2019-16394, GHSA-r5w4-9849-g226, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16394.