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[ GLSA 200604-01 ] MediaWiki: Cross-site scripting vulnerability
From: Stefan Cornelius <dercorny () gentoo org>
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 14:03:00 +0200
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200604-01 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Low Title: MediaWiki: Cross-site scripting vulnerability Date: April 04, 2006 Bugs: #127971 ID: 200604-01 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== MediaWiki is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack that could allow arbitrary JavaScript code execution. Background ========== MediaWiki is a collaborative editing software, used by big projects like Wikipedia. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-apps/mediawiki < 1.4.15 >= 1.4.15 Description =========== MediaWiki fails to decode certain encoded URLs correctly. Impact ====== By supplying specially crafted links, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious HTML or JavaScript code that will be executed in a user's browser session in the context of the vulnerable site. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All MediaWiki users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/mediawiki-1.4.15" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2006-1498 http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1498 [ 2 ] MediaWiki 1.4.15 Release Notes http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=404869 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200604-01.xml 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 http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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