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Gentoo: GLSA-202310-15 Normal: WordPress Security Vulnerability Detected

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Calendar Grey October 28, 2013
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several security flaws detected in MediaWiki could lead to service interruptions. It is advisable to update to the latest version if you are using an affected release.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MediaWiki, the worst of which could lead to Denial of Service.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MediaWiki. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo remote code execution software upgrade security threat mediawiki

Resolution

All MediaWiki 1.21.x users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/mediawiki-1.21.2"
All MediaWiki 1.20.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/mediawiki-1.20.7"
All MediaWiki 1.19.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/mediawiki-1.19.8"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2013-1816 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1816 [ 2 ] CVE-2013-1817 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1817 [ 3 ] CVE-2013-1818 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1818 [ 4 ] CVE-2013-1951 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1951 [ 5 ] CVE-2013-2031 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2031 [ 6 ] CVE-2013-2032 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2032 [ 7 ] CVE-2013-2114 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2114 [ 8 ] CVE-2013-4301 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4301 [ 9 ] CVE-2013-4302 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4302 [ 10 ] CVE-2013-4303 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4303 [ 11 ] CVE-2013-4304 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4304 [ 12 ] CVE-2013-4305 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4305 [ 13 ] CVE-2013-4306 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvena...

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Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201310-21
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: MediaWiki: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: October 28, 2013
Bugs: #460352, #466124, #468110, #471140, #483594
ID: 201310-21

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo remote code execution software upgrade security threat mediawiki

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MediaWiki, the worst of which could lead to Denial of Service.

Background

The MediaWiki wiki web application as used on wikipedia.org.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-apps/mediawiki < 1.21.2 >= 1.21.2 *>= 1.20.7 *>= 1.19.8

Impact

===== A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code, perform man-in-the-middle attacks, obtain sensitive information or perform cross-site scripting attacks.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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