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Debian dsa-5785 : mediawiki - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 208215

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5785 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5785-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff October 05, 2024 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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 Package : mediawiki CVE ID : CVE-2024-47913

 Dom Walden discovered that the AbuseFilter extension in MediaWiki, a website engine for collaborative work, performed incomplete authorisation checks.

 For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.39.10-1~deb12u1.

 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

 Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

 Mailing list: [email protected]

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

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.

See Also

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

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-47913

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 208215

File Name: debian_DSA-5785.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/5/2024

Updated: 10/5/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

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-2024-47913

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, 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: 10/5/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/4/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-47913