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Debian: DSA-4460-1 Critical: MediaWiki Authentication Issues and More

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Calendar Grey June 11, 2019
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Multiple vulnerabilities in MediaWiki could lead to severe issues such as authentication bypass and denial of service.
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been discovered in MediaWiki, a website engine for collaborative work, which may result in authentication bypass, denial of service, cross-si...
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Summary

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been discovered in MediaWiki, a
website engine for collaborative work, which may result in authentication
bypass, denial of service, cross-site scripting, information disclosure
and bypass of anti-spam measures.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in
version 1:1.27.7-1~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-2019-11358 CVE-2019-12466 CVE-2019-12467 CVE-2019-12468

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