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Gentoo: 202304-15 Alert: MediaWiki Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey October 31, 2015
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Various weaknesses in MediaWiki could result in Denial of Service incidents. It is advisable to update all impacted versions.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MediaWiki, the worst of which may allow remote attackers to cause a 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 Gentoo software upgrade Denial of Service normal severity MediaWiki

Resolution

All MediaWiki 1.25 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/mediawiki-1.25.2"
All MediaWiki 1.24 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/mediawiki-1.24.3"
All MediaWiki 1.23 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/mediawiki-1.23.10"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2015-2931 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2931 [ 2 ] CVE-2015-2932 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2932 [ 3 ] CVE-2015-2933 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2933 [ 4 ] CVE-2015-2934 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2934 [ 5 ] CVE-2015-2935 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2935 [ 6 ] CVE-2015-2936 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2936 [ 7 ] CVE-2015-2937 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2937 [ 8 ] CVE-2015-2938 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2938 [ 9 ] CVE-2015-2939 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2939 [ 10 ] CVE-2015-2940 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2940 [ 11 ] CVE-2015-2941 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2941 [ 12 ] CVE-2015-2942 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-2942 [ 13 ] CVE-2015-6728 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/201510-05
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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 31, 2015
Bugs: #545944, #557844
ID: 201510-05

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo software upgrade Denial of Service normal severity MediaWiki

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MediaWiki, the worst of which may allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service.

Background

MediaWiki is a collaborative editing software used by large projects such as Wikipedia.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-apps/mediawiki < 1.25.2 >= 1.25.2 *>= 1.24.3 *>= 1.23.10

Impact

===== A remote attacker may be able to create a Denial of Service condition, obtain sensitive information, bypass security restrictions, and inject arbitrary web script or HTML.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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