Gentoo: GLSA-201310-21: MediaWiki: Multiple vulnerabilities
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MediaWiki. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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?cvename=CVE-2013-4306 [ 14 ] CVE-2013-4307 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4307 [ 15 ] CVE-2013-4308 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4308
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201310-21
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.
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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.
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.