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| From: | Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@g.o> |
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| To: | gentoo-announce@l.g.o |
| Subject: | [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201510-05 ] MediaWiki: Multiple vulnerabilities |
| Date: | Sat, 31 Oct 2015 15:21:31 |
| Message-Id: | 5634DB7B.6020408@gentoo.org |
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| 2 | Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201510-05 |
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| 4 | https://security.gentoo.org/ |
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| 6 | |
| 7 | Severity: Normal |
| 8 | Title: MediaWiki: Multiple vulnerabilities |
| 9 | Date: October 31, 2015 |
| 10 | Bugs: #545944, #557844 |
| 11 | ID: 201510-05 |
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| 14 | |
| 15 | Synopsis |
| 16 | ======== |
| 17 | |
| 18 | Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MediaWiki, the worst of |
| 19 | which may allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service. |
| 20 | |
| 21 | Background |
| 22 | ========== |
| 23 | |
| 24 | MediaWiki is a collaborative editing software used by large projects |
| 25 | such as Wikipedia. |
| 26 | |
| 27 | Affected packages |
| 28 | ================= |
| 29 | |
| 30 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 31 | Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
| 32 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 33 | 1 www-apps/mediawiki < 1.25.2 >= 1.25.2 |
| 34 | *>= 1.24.3 |
| 35 | *>= 1.23.10 |
| 36 | |
| 37 | Description |
| 38 | =========== |
| 39 | |
| 40 | Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MediaWiki. Please |
| 41 | review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. |
| 42 | |
| 43 | Impact |
| 44 | ====== |
| 45 | |
| 46 | A remote attacker may be able to create a Denial of Service condition, |
| 47 | obtain sensitive information, bypass security restrictions, and inject |
| 48 | arbitrary web script or HTML. |
| 49 | |
| 50 | Workaround |
| 51 | ========== |
| 52 | |
| 53 | There is no known workaround at this time. |
| 54 | |
| 55 | Resolution |
| 56 | ========== |
| 57 | |
| 58 | All MediaWiki 1.25 users should upgrade to the latest version: |
| 59 | |
| 60 | # emerge --sync |
| 61 | # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/mediawiki-1.25.2" |
| 62 | |
| 63 | All MediaWiki 1.24 users should upgrade to the latest version: |
| 64 | |
| 65 | # emerge --sync |
| 66 | # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/mediawiki-1.24.3" |
| 67 | |
| 68 | All MediaWiki 1.23 users should upgrade to the latest version: |
| 69 | |
| 70 | # emerge --sync |
| 71 | # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/mediawiki-1.23.10" |
| 72 | |
| 73 | References |
| 74 | ========== |
| 75 | |
| 76 | [ 1 ] CVE-2015-2931 |
| 77 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2931 |
| 78 | [ 2 ] CVE-2015-2932 |
| 79 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2932 |
| 80 | [ 3 ] CVE-2015-2933 |
| 81 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2933 |
| 82 | [ 4 ] CVE-2015-2934 |
| 83 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2934 |
| 84 | [ 5 ] CVE-2015-2935 |
| 85 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2935 |
| 86 | [ 6 ] CVE-2015-2936 |
| 87 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2936 |
| 88 | [ 7 ] CVE-2015-2937 |
| 89 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2937 |
| 90 | [ 8 ] CVE-2015-2938 |
| 91 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2938 |
| 92 | [ 9 ] CVE-2015-2939 |
| 93 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2939 |
| 94 | [ 10 ] CVE-2015-2940 |
| 95 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2940 |
| 96 | [ 11 ] CVE-2015-2941 |
| 97 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2941 |
| 98 | [ 12 ] CVE-2015-2942 |
| 99 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2942 |
| 100 | [ 13 ] CVE-2015-6728 |
| 101 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6728 |
| 102 | [ 14 ] CVE-2015-6729 |
| 103 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6729 |
| 104 | [ 15 ] CVE-2015-6730 |
| 105 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6730 |
| 106 | [ 16 ] CVE-2015-6731 |
| 107 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6731 |
| 108 | [ 17 ] CVE-2015-6732 |
| 109 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6732 |
| 110 | [ 18 ] CVE-2015-6733 |
| 111 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6733 |
| 112 | [ 19 ] CVE-2015-6734 |
| 113 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6734 |
| 114 | [ 20 ] CVE-2015-6735 |
| 115 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6735 |
| 116 | [ 21 ] CVE-2015-6736 |
| 117 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6736 |
| 118 | [ 22 ] CVE-2015-6737 |
| 119 | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6737 |
| 120 | |
| 121 | Availability |
| 122 | ============ |
| 123 | |
| 124 | This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
| 125 | the Gentoo Security Website: |
| 126 | |
| 127 | https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05 |
| 128 | |
| 129 | Concerns? |
| 130 | ========= |
| 131 | |
| 132 | Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
| 133 | confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
| 134 | importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
| 135 | security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
| 136 | https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
| 137 | |
| 138 | License |
| 139 | ======= |
| 140 | |
| 141 | Copyright 2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
| 142 | belongs to its owner(s). |
| 143 | |
| 144 | The contents of this document are licensed under the |
| 145 | Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
| 146 | |
| 147 | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
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