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Gentoo: 202305-24 Low Severity Advisory For MediaWiki DoS Threat

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Calendar Grey May 21, 2023
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Keep informed about the latest Gentoo announcement concerning MediaWiki security flaws and crucial measures for safeguarding your system.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MediaWiki, the worst of which could result in 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 low severity mediawiki

Resolution

All MediaWiki users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/mediawiki-1.38.5"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2021-41798 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41798 [ 2 ] CVE-2021-41799 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41799 [ 3 ] CVE-2021-41800 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41800 [ 4 ] CVE-2021-44854 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44854 [ 5 ] CVE-2021-44855 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44855 [ 6 ] CVE-2021-44856 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44856 [ 7 ] CVE-2021-44857 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44857 [ 8 ] CVE-2021-44858 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44858 [ 9 ] CVE-2021-45038 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45038 [ 10 ] CVE-2022-28202 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28202 [ 11 ] CVE-2022-28205 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28205 [ 12 ] CVE-2022-28206 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28206 [ 13 ] CVE-2022-28209 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28209 [ 14 ] CVE-2022-31...

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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/202305-24
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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.

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Severity: Low
Title: MediaWiki: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: May 21, 2023
Bugs: #815376, #829302, #836430, #855965, #873385, #888041
ID: 202305-24

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo low severity mediawiki

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in MediaWiki, the worst of which could result in denial of service.

Background

MediaWiki is a collaborative editing software, used by big projects like Wikipedia.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ------------------ ------------ ------------ www-apps/mediawiki < 1.25.2 >= 1.25.2

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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