FreeBSD : mediawiki -- multiple vulnerabilities (3fadb7c6-7b0a-11e0-89b4-001ec9578670)

high Nessus Plugin ID 53881

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

MediaWiki reports :

(Bug 28534) XSS vulnerability for IE 6 clients. This is the third attempt at fixing bug 28235.

(Bug 28639) Potential privilege escalation when $wgBlockDisablesLogin is enabled.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T30534

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T30639

http://www.nessus.org/u?4548f928

http://www.nessus.org/u?2581baf3

http://www.nessus.org/u?07fa1f6d

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 53881

File Name: freebsd_pkg_3fadb7c67b0a11e089b4001ec9578670.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Published: 5/13/2011

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mediawiki, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 5/12/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/14/2011