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Debian DSA-1901-1 : mediawiki1.7 - several vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Plugin ID 44766
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in mediawiki1.7, a website engine for collaborative work. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :- CVE-2008-5249 David Remahl discovered that mediawiki1.7 is prone to a cross-site scripting attack.
- CVE-2008-5250 David Remahl discovered that mediawiki1.7, when Internet Explorer is used and uploads are enabled, or an SVG scripting browser is used and SVG uploads are enabled, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by editing a wiki page.
- CVE-2008-5252 David Remahl discovered that mediawiki1.7 is prone to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability in the Special:Import feature.
- CVE-2009-0737 It was discovered that mediawiki1.7 is prone to a cross-site scripting attack in the web-based installer.
Solution
Upgrade the mediawiki1.7 packages.For the oldstable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.7.1-9etch1 for mediawiki1.7, and mediawiki is not affected (it is a metapackage for mediawiki1.7).
The stable (lenny) distribution does not include mediawiki1.7, and these problems have been fixed in version 1:1.12.0-2lenny3 for mediawiki which was already included in the lenny release.
See Also
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508868
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508869
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508870
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=514547
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5249
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5250
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5252
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 44766
File Name: debian_DSA-1901.nasl
Version: 1.13
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 2/24/2010
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.8
Temporal Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mediawiki1.7, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/5/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-5249, CVE-2008-5250, CVE-2008-5252, CVE-2009-0737