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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4767-1                   security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff
September 25, 2020                    https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : mediawiki
CVE ID         : CVE-2020-15005 CVE-2020-25812 CVE-2020-25813 CVE-2020-25814
                 CVE-2020-25815 CVE-2020-25827 CVE-2020-25828

Multiple security issues were discovered in MediaWiki, a website engine
for collaborative work: SpecialUserRights could leak whether a user
existed or not, multiple code paths lacked HTML sanitisation allowing
for cross-site scripting and TOTP validation applied insufficient rate
limiting against brute force attempts.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in
version 1:1.31.10-1~deb10u1.

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/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: DSA-4767-1: mediawiki security update

September 25, 2020
Multiple security issues were discovered in MediaWiki, a website engine for collaborative work: SpecialUserRights could leak whether a user existed or not, multiple code paths lack...

Summary

Multiple security issues were discovered in MediaWiki, a website engine
for collaborative work: SpecialUserRights could leak whether a user
existed or not, multiple code paths lacked HTML sanitisation allowing
for cross-site scripting and TOTP validation applied insufficient rate
limiting against brute force attempts.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in
version 1:1.31.10-1~deb10u1.

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/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Severity
Package : mediawiki
CVE ID : CVE-2020-15005 CVE-2020-25812 CVE-2020-25813 CVE-2020-25814
CVE-2020-25815 CVE-2020-25827 CVE-2020-25828

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