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Debian: DSA-4301-1 Critical MediaWiki Flaws in Rate Limits and Account Lock

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Calendar Grey September 22, 2018
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Enhance MediaWiki security on Debian by upgrading, adjusting configurations for rate limits and account locks, and monitoring for performance and errors
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been discovered in MediaWiki, a website engine for collaborative work, which result in incorrectly configured rate limits, information disclo...

Summary

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been discovered in MediaWiki, a
website engine for collaborative work, which result in incorrectly
configured rate limits, information disclosure in Special:Redirect/logid
and bypass of an account lock.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in
version 1:1.27.5-1~deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your mediawiki packages.

For the detailed security status of mediawiki please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/mediawiki

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/



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Package: mediawiki
CVE ID: CVE-2018-0503 CVE-2018-0504 CVE-2018-0505

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