Debian DLA-3540-1 : mediawiki - LTS security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 180100

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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-3540 advisory.

- An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.10, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.6, and 1.39.x before 1.39.3. An auto-block can occur for an untrusted X-Forwarded-For header. (CVE-2023-29141)

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 180100

File Name: debian_DLA-3540.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/23/2023

Updated: 8/23/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-29141

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/23/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-29141

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