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Debian DSA-4889-1 : mediawiki - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 148441

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Synopsis

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

Description

Multiple security issues were found in MediaWiki, a website engine for collaborative work, which could result in incomplete page/blocking protection, denial of service or cross-site scripting.

Solution

Upgrade the mediawiki packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 1:1.31.14-1~deb10u1.

See Also

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

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4889

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 148441

File Name: debian_DSA-4889.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/12/2021

Updated: 1/16/2024

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: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-30158

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-30157

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, 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: 4/10/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/17/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-20270, CVE-2021-27291, CVE-2021-30152, CVE-2021-30154, CVE-2021-30155, CVE-2021-30157, CVE-2021-30158, CVE-2021-30159

DSA: 4889