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Fedora 41: FEDORA-2025-25b16d6561 critical: mediawiki update

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Calendar Grey January 26, 2025
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Important mediawiki package patch for Fedora 41 resolves security vulnerabilities. Discover details on the recent improvements and enhancements.

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

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/

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security advisory security issue Fedora update information update notification software package mediawiki

Change Log

* Thu Jan 16 2025 Michael Cronenworth - 1.41.5-1 - Update to 1.41.5

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-2025-25b16d6561' 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 41
Version: 1.41.5
Release: 1.fc41
URL: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki/
Summary: A wiki engine

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security advisory security issue Fedora update information update notification software package mediawiki

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