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Debian: DLA-2847-1 Moderate: MediaWiki Content Leak Advisory

debian lts
Calendar Grey December 15, 2021
Dist Debian Esm H88
A patch for MediaWiki on Debian is intended to tackle risks of information exposure and edit evasion vulnerabilities.
A security issue was discovered in MediaWiki, a website engine for collaborative work: Missing validation in the mcrundo action may allow allow an attacker to leak page content fro...
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Summary

For additional information please refer to
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/2021-12_security_release/FAQ

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version
1:1.27.7-1+deb9u11.

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 LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS


Package: mediawiki
Version: 1:1.27.7-1+deb9u11
CVE ID: CVE-2021-44858

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Topics Covered

security advisory debian information disclosure mediawiki content leak edit restriction

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