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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mediawiki (MDVSA-2015:006)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 80425

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated mediawiki packages fix security vulnerabilities :

In MediaWiki before 1.23.8, thumb.php outputs wikitext message as raw HTML, which could lead to cross-site scripting. Permission to edit MediaWiki namespace is required to exploit this.

In MediaWiki before 1.23.8, a malicious site can bypass CORS restrictions in in API calls if it only included an allowed domain as part of its name.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0555.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 80425

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2015-006.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 1/9/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mediawiki, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mediawiki-mysql, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mediawiki-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mediawiki-sqlite, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2015

Reference Information

BID: 71775, 71776

MDVSA: 2015:006