Debian DSA-4545-1 : mediawiki - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 130073

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Synopsis

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

Description

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.

Solution

Upgrade the mediawiki packages.

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 130073

File Name: debian_DSA-4545.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/21/2019

Updated: 4/17/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-16738

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, 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: 10/18/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/26/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-16738

DSA: 4545

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