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Debian DSA-3036-1 : mediawiki - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 77919

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that MediaWiki, a wiki engine, did not sufficiently filter CSS in uploaded SVG files, allowing for cross site scripting.

Solution

Upgrade the mediawiki packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.19.19+dfsg-0+deb7u1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=762754

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3036

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 77919

File Name: debian_DSA-3036.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mediawiki

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/26/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-7199

DSA: 3036