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Fedora: 2016-fce8b939c9 Critical: python-wikitcms Code Execution

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Calendar Grey December 27, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
This software patch resolves a vulnerability in python-wikitcms that permits unauthorized code execution by malicious administrators.
This update contains a **SECURITY** fix for an issue with potentially serious consequences but very limited scope

Summary

python-wikitcms is a library for interacting with Fedora's wiki-based 'test

management' system. It can:

* Create the pages for release validation test events

* Find existing release validation event pages, in various ways

* Report test results

The wiki-based test management system itself is documented at:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Wikitcms

Update Information:

This update contains a **SECURITY** fix for an issue with potentially serious consequences but very limited scope. If an administrator of a wiki you talked to using python-wikitcms were malicious, they could cause arbitrary code execution as the user running wikitcms. No-one besides a wiki administrator could do this, as it requires crafting the wiki's response to an edit request to include a malicious payload. It also drops some now useless or unneeded code (due to changes in mediawiki and mwclient).

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Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora code execution security fix arbitrary execution python-wikitcms

Change Log

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2016-fce8b939c9 2016-12-27 18:30:42.999357
Name : python-wikitcms Product : Fedora 25 Version : 2.1.10 Release : 1.fc25 URL : https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/python-wikitcms Summary : Fedora QA wiki test management Python library Description : python-wikitcms is a library for interacting with Fedora's wiki-based 'test management' system. It can:
* Create the pages for release validation test events * Find existing release validation event pages, in various ways * Report test results
The wiki-based test management system itself is documented at: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Wikitcms

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade python-wikitcms' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Name: python-wikitcms
Product: Fedora 25
Version: 2.1.10
Release: 1.fc25
URL: https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/python-wikitcms
Summary: Fedora QA wiki test management Python library

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Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora code execution security fix arbitrary execution python-wikitcms

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