GLSA 201206-09: MediaWiki: Multiple vulnerabilities
| Severity: | high |
| Title: | MediaWiki: Multiple vulnerabilities |
| Date: | 06/21/2012 |
| Bugs: | , |
| ID: | 201206-09 |
Synopsis
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MediaWiki, the worst of which leading to remote execution of arbitrary code.Background
The MediaWiki wiki web application as used on wikipedia.org.
Affected packages
| Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| www-apps/mediawiki | < 1.18.2 | >= 1.18.2 | All supported architectures |
Description
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in mediawiki. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact
MediaWiki allows remote attackers to bypass authentication, to perform imports from any wgImportSources wiki via a crafted POST request, to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or obtain sensitive information, to inject arbitrary web script or HTML, to conduct clickjacking attacks, to execute arbitrary PHP code, to inject arbitrary web script or HTML, to bypass intended access restrictions and to obtain sensitive information.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All MediaWiki users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/mediawiki-1.18.2"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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