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Fedora 25: FEDORA-2016-9299ce1c7d Severe: MediaWiki Multiple Flaws

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Calendar Grey September 6, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
The latest Fedora 25 security notice outlines critical updates for MediaWiki alongside various bug resolutions; significant patch details provided
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.27

Summary

MediaWiki is the software used for Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia

Foundation websites. Compared to other wikis, it has an excellent

range of features and support for high-traffic websites using multiple

servers

This package supports wiki farms. Read the instructions for creating wiki

instances under /usr/share/doc/mediawiki/README.RPM.

Remember to remove the config dir after completing the configuration.

Update Information:

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.27

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory update Fedora bug fixes MediaWiki severe flaw wiki engine

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1369613 - CVE-2016-6331 CVE-2016-6332 CVE-2016-6333 CVE-2016-6334 CVE-2016-6335 CVE-2016-6336 mediawiki: multiple flaws fixed in 1.27.1, 1.26.4 and 1.23.15 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1369613

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update mediawiki' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: mediawiki
Product: Fedora 25
Version: 1.27.1
Release: 1.fc25
URL: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki
Summary: A wiki engine

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Topics Covered

security advisory update Fedora bug fixes MediaWiki severe flaw wiki engine

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