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Debian DSA-4301-1 : mediawiki - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 117645

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been discovered in MediaWiki, a website engine for collaborative work, which result in incorrectly configured rate limits, information disclosure in Special:Redirect/logid and bypass of an account lock.

Solution

Upgrade the mediawiki packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 1:1.27.5-1~deb9u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/mediawiki

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/mediawiki

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4301

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 117645

File Name: debian_DSA-4301.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2018

Updated: 8/6/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-0505

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mediawiki

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/22/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-0503, CVE-2018-0504, CVE-2018-0505

DSA: 4301