Debian DLA-2379-3 : mediawiki regression update

high Nessus Plugin ID 140805

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

The update of mediawiki released as DLA-2379-2 contained a defect in the patch for CVE-2020-25827 which resulted from a possible use of an uninitialized variable. Updated mediawiki packages are now available to correct this issue.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.27.7-1~deb9u6.

We recommend that you upgrade your mediawiki packages.

For the detailed security status of mediawiki please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/mediawiki

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected mediawiki, and mediawiki-classes packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 140805

File Name: debian_DLA-2379.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/28/2020

Updated: 11/23/2020

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mediawiki-classes, 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

Patch Publication Date: 11/21/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/21/2020

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