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Fedora 40: FEDORA-2025-11277f6779 critical: mediawiki access control issue

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Calendar Grey January 26, 2025
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Critical security patches for MediaWiki on Fedora 40 have been released. Ensure your system remains safe by updating to the newest versions immediately.

https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/PFTE5RHUERS6KTUGGRZO7XXV5THNJ77E/ announce@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/5NYC4UZLY3MWQZ6DYJAUQRJG...

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://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/PFTE5RHUERS6KTUGGRZO7XXV5THNJ77E/ https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/mediawiki-announce@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/5NYC4UZLY3MWQZ6DYJAUQRJG2ZHZFBJ6/

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora software patch update information threat assessment CVE reference mediawiki

Change Log

* Thu Jan 16 2025 Michael Cronenworth - 1.41.5-1 - Update to 1.41.5 * Thu Jul 18 2024 Fedora Release Engineering - 1.41.1-2 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_41_Mass_Rebuild

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2316896 - CVE-2024-47848 mediawiki: User can review/unreview articles while blocked [fedora-40] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2316896 [ 2 ] Bug #2338424 - CVE on mediawiki 1.41.2 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2338424

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2025-11277f6779' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: mediawiki
Product: Fedora 40
Version: 1.41.5
Release: 1.fc40
URL: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki/
Summary: A wiki engine

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Topics Covered

security advisory Fedora software patch update information threat assessment CVE reference mediawiki

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