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Debian Security Advisory DSA 4545-1 (mediawiki - security update)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

4 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'mediawiki' package(s) announced via the DSA-4545-1 advisory.

Insight

Insight

It was discovered that the Special:Redirect functionality of MediaWiki, a website engine for collaborative work, could expose suppressed user names, resulting in an information leak.

Affected Software

Affected Software

'mediawiki' package(s) on Debian Linux.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.27.7-1~deb9u2. For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.31.4-1~deb10u1. We recommend that you upgrade your mediawiki packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)