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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2017.2913
mediawiki security update
16 November 2017
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: mediawiki
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux
Impact/Access: Cross-site Scripting -- Existing Account
Access Confidential Data -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Provide Misleading Information -- Existing Account
Reduced Security -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2017-8815 CVE-2017-8814 CVE-2017-8812
CVE-2017-8811 CVE-2017-8810 CVE-2017-8809
CVE-2017-8808
Original Bulletin:
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4036
Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on
platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators
running mediawiki check for an updated version of the software for
their operating system.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4036-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
November 15, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : mediawiki
CVE ID : CVE-2017-8808 CVE-2017-8809 CVE-2017-8810 CVE-2017-8811
CVE-2017-8812 CVE-2017-8814 CVE-2017-8815
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been discovered in MediaWiki, a
website engine for collaborative work:
CVE-2017-8808
Cross-site-scripting with non-standard URL escaping and
$wgShowExceptionDetails disabled.
CVE-2017-8809
Reflected file download in API.
CVE-2017-8810
On private wikis the login form didn't distinguish between
login failure due to bad username and bad password.
CVE-2017-8811
It was possible to mangle HTML via raw message parameter
expansion.
CVE-2017-8812
id attributes in headlines allowed raw '>'.
CVE-2017-8814
Language converter could be tricked into replacing text inside tags.
CVE-2017-8815
Unsafe attribute injection via glossary rules in language converter.
For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in
version 1:1.27.4-1~deb9u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your mediawiki packages.
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: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
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