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Debian DLA-3489-1 : mediawiki - LTS security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 178115

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3489 advisory.

 - An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.9, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.5, and 1.39.x before 1.39.1. When installing with a pre-existing data directory that has weak permissions, the SQLite files are created with file mode 0644, i.e., world readable to local users. These files include credentials data.
 (CVE-2022-47927)

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

Solution

Upgrade the mediawiki packages.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 1

See Also

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

https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2023/dla-3489

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-47927

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 178115

File Name: debian_DLA-3489.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/11/2023

Updated: 7/11/2023

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: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-47927

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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, 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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-47927