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Debian DSA-2753-1 Low: Mediawiki API Token Information Leak

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Calendar Grey September 13, 2013
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The Debian Security Advisory DSA-2753-2 deals with a vulnerability in Mediawiki, which safeguards session tokens against unauthorized access.
It was discovered that in Mediawiki, a wiki engine, several API modules allowed anti-CSRF tokens to be accessed via JSONP

Summary

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.15.5-2squeeze6.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.19.5-1+deb7u1.

For the testing distribution (jessie) and unstable distribution (sid),
this problem has been fixed in version 1.19.8+dfsg-1.

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: http://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: mediawiki
CVE ID: CVE-2013-4302

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