[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201510-05 ] MediaWiki: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201510-05

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https://security.gentoo.org/

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Severity: Normal

Title: MediaWiki: Multiple vulnerabilities

Date: October 31, 2015

Bugs: #545944, #557844

ID: 201510-05

 

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Synopsis

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MediaWiki, the worst of

which may allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service.

 

Background

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MediaWiki is a collaborative editing software used by large projects

such as Wikipedia.

 

Affected packages

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected

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1 www-apps/mediawiki < 1.25.2 >= 1.25.2

*>= 1.24.3

*>= 1.23.10

 

Description

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MediaWiki. Please

review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

 

Impact

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A remote attacker may be able to create a Denial of Service condition,

obtain sensitive information, bypass security restrictions, and inject

arbitrary web script or HTML.

 

Workaround

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There is no known workaround at this time.

 

Resolution

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All MediaWiki 1.25 users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/mediawiki-1.25.2"

 

All MediaWiki 1.24 users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/mediawiki-1.24.3"

 

All MediaWiki 1.23 users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/mediawiki-1.23.10"

 

References

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[ 1 ] CVE-2015-2931

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2931

[ 2 ] CVE-2015-2932

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2932

[ 3 ] CVE-2015-2933

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2933

[ 4 ] CVE-2015-2934

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2934

[ 5 ] CVE-2015-2935

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2935

[ 6 ] CVE-2015-2936

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2936

[ 7 ] CVE-2015-2937

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2937

[ 8 ] CVE-2015-2938

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2938

[ 9 ] CVE-2015-2939

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2939

[ 10 ] CVE-2015-2940

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2940

[ 11 ] CVE-2015-2941

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2941

[ 12 ] CVE-2015-2942

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2942

[ 13 ] CVE-2015-6728

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6728

[ 14 ] CVE-2015-6729

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6729

[ 15 ] CVE-2015-6730

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6730

[ 16 ] CVE-2015-6731

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6731

[ 17 ] CVE-2015-6732

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6732

[ 18 ] CVE-2015-6733

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6733

[ 19 ] CVE-2015-6734

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6734

[ 20 ] CVE-2015-6735

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6735

[ 21 ] CVE-2015-6736

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6736

[ 22 ] CVE-2015-6737

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6737

 

Availability

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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at

the Gentoo Security Website:

 

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05

 

Concerns?

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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the

confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost

importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to

security ( -at -) gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at

https://bugs.gentoo.org.

 

License

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Copyright 2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text

belongs to its owner(s).

 

The contents of this document are licensed under the

Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

 

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5