CVE-2008-4106

Name	CVE-2008-4106
Description	WordPress before 2.6.2 does not properly handle MySQL warnings about insertion of username strings that exceed the maximum column width of the user_login column, and does not properly handle space characters when comparing usernames, which allows remote attackers to change an arbitrary user's password to a random value by registering a similar username and then requesting a password reset, related to a "SQL column truncation vulnerability." NOTE: the attacker can discover the random password by also exploiting CVE-2008-4107.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-1871-1, DSA-1871-2
Debian Bugs	500115

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
wordpress (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	4.1.35+dfsg-0+deb8u1	fixed
	stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch	4.7.23+dfsg-0+deb9u1	fixed
	buster (security), buster, buster (lts)	5.0.21+dfsg1-0+deb10u1	fixed
	bullseye (security), bullseye	5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm (security), bookworm	6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1	fixed
	sid, trixie	6.6.1+dfsg1-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
wordpress	source	etch	2.0.10-1etch5		DSA-1871-2
wordpress	source	lenny	2.5.1-11+lenny1		DSA-1871-1
wordpress	source	(unstable)	2.5.1-8			500115