Fedora 26: mediawiki Security Update 2017-05cb6287b7
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.
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.28#MediaWiki_1.28.1 Changes
since 1.28.0 * $wgRunJobsAsync is now false by default (T142751). This change
only affects wikis with $wgJobRunRate > 0. * Fix fatal from "WaitConditionLoop"
not being found, experienced when a wiki has more than one database server
setup. * (T152717) Better escaping for PHP mail() command * (T154670) A missing
method causing the MySQL installer to fatal in rare circumstances was restored.
* (T154672) Un-deprecate ArticleAfterFetchContentObject hook. * (T158766) Avoid
SQL error on MSSQL when using selectRowCount() * (T145635) Fix too long index
error when installing with MSSQL * (T156184) $wgRawHtml will no longer apply to
internationalization messages. * (T160519) CACHE_ANYTHING will not be
CACHE_ACCEL if no accelerator is installed. * (T154872) Fix incorrect
ar_usertext_timestamp index names in new 1.28 installs. * (T109140) (T122209)
SECURITY: Special:UserLogin and Special:Search allow redirect to interwiki
links. * (T144845) SECURITY: XSS in SearchHighlighter::highlightText() when
$wgAdvancedSearchHighlighting is true. * (T125177) SECURITY: API parameters may
now be marked as "sensitive" to keep their values out of the logs. * (T150044)
SECURITY: "Mark all pages visited" on the watchlist now requires a CSRF token. *
(T156184) SECURITY: Escape content model/format url parameter in message. *
(T151735) SECURITY: SVG filter evasion using default attribute values in DTD
declaration. * (T161453) SECURITY: LocalisationCache will no longer use the
temporary directory in it's fallback chain when trying to work out where to
write the cache. * (T48143) SECURITY: Spam blacklist ineffective on encoded URLs
inside file inclusion syntax's link parameter.
[ 1 ] Bug #1400170 - mediawiki-1.28.1 is available
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400170
su -c 'dnf upgrade mediawiki' 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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FEDORA-2017-05cb6287b7 2017-04-13 14:07:06.378140 Product : Fedora 26 Version : 1.28.1 Release : 2.fc26 URL : https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki Summary : A wiki engine Description : 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. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.28#MediaWiki_1.28.1 Changes since 1.28.0 * $wgRunJobsAsync is now false by default (T142751). This change only affects wikis with $wgJobRunRate > 0. * Fix fatal from "WaitConditionLoop" not being found, experienced when a wiki has more than one database server setup. * (T152717) Better escaping for PHP mail() command * (T154670) A missing method causing the MySQL installer to fatal in rare circumstances was restored. * (T154672) Un-deprecate ArticleAfterFetchContentObject hook. * (T158766) Avoid SQL error on MSSQL when using selectRowCount() * (T145635) Fix too long index error when installing with MSSQL * (T156184) $wgRawHtml will no longer apply to internationalization messages. * (T160519) CACHE_ANYTHING will not be CACHE_ACCEL if no accelerator is installed. * (T154872) Fix incorrect ar_usertext_timestamp index names in new 1.28 installs. * (T109140) (T122209) SECURITY: Special:UserLogin and Special:Search allow redirect to interwiki links. * (T144845) SECURITY: XSS in SearchHighlighter::highlightText() when $wgAdvancedSearchHighlighting is true. * (T125177) SECURITY: API parameters may now be marked as "sensitive" to keep their values out of the logs. * (T150044) SECURITY: "Mark all pages visited" on the watchlist now requires a CSRF token. * (T156184) SECURITY: Escape content model/format url parameter in message. * (T151735) SECURITY: SVG filter evasion using default attribute values in DTD declaration. * (T161453) SECURITY: LocalisationCache will no longer use the temporary directory in it's fallback chain when trying to work out where to write the cache. * (T48143) SECURITY: Spam blacklist ineffective on encoded URLs inside file inclusion syntax's link parameter. [ 1 ] Bug #1400170 - mediawiki-1.28.1 is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400170 su -c 'dnf upgrade mediawiki' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ package-announce mailing list -- package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to package-announce-leave@lists.fedoraproject.org
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