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Debian: DSA-3011-1 Critical: MediaWiki JSONP Injection and Clickjacking

It was discovered that MediaWiki, a website engine for collaborative work, is vulnerable to JSONP injection in Flash (CVE-2014-5241) and clickjacking between OutputPage and ParserOutput (CVE-2014-5243). The vulnerabilities are addressed by upgrading MediaWiki to the new upstream . - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3011-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. http://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso August 23, 2014 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : mediawiki CVE ID : CVE-2014-5241 CVE-2014-5243 Debian Bug : 752622 758510 It was discovered that MediaWiki, a website engine for collaborative work, is vulnerable to JSONP injection in Flash (CVE-2014-5241) and clickjacking between OutputPage and ParserOutput (CVE-2014-5243). The vulnerabilities are addressed by upgrading MediaWiki to the new upstream version 1.19.18, which includes additional changes. For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1:1.19.18+dfsg-0+deb7u1. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your mediawiki packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Enhance MediaWiki to mitigate JSONP injection and clickjacking risks, in accordance with Debian Security Advisory DSA-3011-1.. MediaWiki Security, JSONP Injection, Clickjacking, Debian Update, Security Patch. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Aug 23, 2014 •Critical Debian