Debian DSA-5021-1 : mediawiki - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 156114

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 10 / 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5021 advisory.

Multiple security issues were discovered in MediaWiki, a website engine for collaborative work:
Vulnerabilities in the mcrundo and rollback actions may allow an attacker to leak page content from private wikis or to bypass edit restrictions. For additional information please refer to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/2021-12_security_release/FAQ For the oldstable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 1:1.31.16-1+deb10u2. For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 1:1.35.4-1+deb11u2. 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

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the mediawiki packages.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 156114

File Name: debian_DSA-5021.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/16/2021

Updated: 1/24/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-45038

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-44858

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mediawiki-classes, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mediawiki

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/15/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/15/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-44857, CVE-2021-44858, CVE-2021-45038

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